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 Little Kansas (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 Little Kansas. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Little Kansas is located in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County: Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Little Kansas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Kansas:
- Mifflin County (The home county of Little Kansas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Atkinson Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- McVeytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mattawana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Menno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Newton Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Kistler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Belleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Juniata Terrace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Covedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Shellytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Springfield Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Point View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Beavertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Tyrone Forge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Flowing Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Oreminea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Grazierville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Fairbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Pine Grove Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ramblewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Bloomsdorf
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Musser
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Boalsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Fruittown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Krumrine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Linden Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- State College
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Waterfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Fort Littleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Donation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Birdville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Ennisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Aughwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Huntingdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shirleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Blairs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Peru Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Doyles Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Locust Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- New Germantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Centre
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Ickesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Eshcol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Bannerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Kansas, see our County-by-County Page for Little Kansas.
Cemeteries Near Little Kansas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Kansas.
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 Little Kansas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Kansas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Detweiler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old White Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton United Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evans Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Goodman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mountainview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Little Kansas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Kansas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Kansas, with the one closest to Little Kansas listed first.
- Atkinson Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Airydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Airydale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airydale
- McVeytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vineyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Ryde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- Mattawana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Newton Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Horningford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Menno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Longfellow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Blacklog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Strodes Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Strodes Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strodes Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Kansas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Kansas.
Newspapers Published in Little Kansas ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Kansas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Kansas, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Kansas.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Little Kansas:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mifflin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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 Little Kansas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Kansas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |