Kelayres, Pennsylvania

About Kelayres

Kelayres is a small unincorporated community in eastern Pennsylvania.

Kelayres holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.12 square miles.

📰 Kelayres News Today

• COMMENTARY: Kelayres Massacre still a cautionary tale after 90 years Pottsville Republican Herald · Nov 2
• Kelayres, PA Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 29
• Daniel McAloose Obituary (2013) - Kelayres, PA obits.pennlive.com · Sep 7
• Salvador J. Sposato Obituary Feb 2, 2021 Griffiths Family of Funeral Homes · Feb 2
• Tracie Wood Obituary (2021) - Kelayres, PA - Standard-Speaker Legacy obituary · Oct 3

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What Makes Kelayres Unique

• The only place in America named Kelayres — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.12 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Kelayres

• Catawissa Recreation Area - Weiser State Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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