Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Kutztown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Kutztown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Kutztown is located in Lebanon County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Kutztown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kutztown:
- Lebanon County (The home county of Kutztown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Myerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Prescott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avon Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Sheridan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newmanstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Mount Aetna
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rehrersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Meckville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Womelsdorf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Schaefferstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Schubert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- North Heidelberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Strausstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robesonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bernville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Cambridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Elverson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Locustdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centralia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Aristes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Bachmanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Williamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manadahill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Union Deposit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Skyline View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Hummelstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Carsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Cocalico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Brickerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Poplar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Clay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Blainsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Elm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elm is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Brunnerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elstonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Denver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Locust Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Alaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Gowen City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Leck Kill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Natalie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Bear Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Marshallton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Shamokin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Marstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moyers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Irving
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Suedberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Paradise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Summit Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Beuchler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Echo Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Friedensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aucheys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Goldsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Wrightsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- York Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Marsh Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Valley Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Mount Wolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Starview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kutztown, see our County-by-County Page for Kutztown.
Cemeteries Near Kutztown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kutztown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Kutztown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kutztown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmerlings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmerlings Cemetery
- The Kimmerlings Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Jacob's Kimmerlings Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #292170 <2>
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frantz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Salem Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Hebron Moravian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <2>
- Altalaha Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Kutztown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kutztown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kutztown, with the one closest to Kutztown listed first.
- Myerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mount Aetna
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Prescott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Crosskill Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crosskill Mills is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosskill Mills
- Wintersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Stouchsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stouchsburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouchsburg
- Hamlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlin is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Iona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Iona is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Reistville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reistville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reistville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sheridan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Rehrersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Meckville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kutztown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kutztown.
Newspapers Published in Kutztown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kutztown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kutztown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kutztown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Kutztown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lebanon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Luzerne County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kutztown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kutztown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |