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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 McNary (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 McNary. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

McNary is primarily located in Apache County. A portion of McNary extends into Navajo County.

To see how the shape of Arizona's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Apache County: Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Montezuma (CO), Catron (NM), Cibola (NM), McKinley (NM), San Juan (NM) & San Juan (UT).

Below are the counties that are near McNary. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McNary:

  • Apache County     (The home county of McNary)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNary, with the one closest to McNary listed first.
    • Vernon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Northwoods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
      • Northwoods is located in Apache County
    • Greer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNary, with the one closest to McNary listed first.
    • Canyon Day
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Day
      • Canyon Day is located in Gila County
    • Cedar Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Gila County
    • Carrizo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
      • Carrizo is located in Gila County
  • Navajo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNary, with the one closest to McNary listed first.
    • Pinetop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
      • Pinetop is located in Navajo County
    • Lakeside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Navajo County
    • Pinetop - Lakeside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Show Low
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiteriver
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • East Fork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
      • East Fork is located in Navajo County
    • White Mountain Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • White Mountain Lakes Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mountain Lakes Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mountain Lakes Estates
      • White Mountain Lakes Estates is located in Navajo County
    • Sevenmile
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile
      • Sevenmile is located in Navajo County
    • Linden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Navajo County
    • Fort Apache
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Pinedale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McNary, see our County-by-County Page for McNary.

Newspapers Published in McNary ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around McNary.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McNary, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McNary.

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 McNary:

Cemeteries Near McNary ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McNary.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for McNary covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McNary, with the one closest to McNary listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McNary. See our List of 1890's Communities around McNary.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McNary. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Apache County: www.co.apache.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McNary) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McNary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0750, Longitude: -109.8536    
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.




 

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