A visit to the McKay Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the McKay Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McKay Cemetery:
40.4825, -91.0857
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McKay Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McKay Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.
The county seat for Hancock County is located in Carthage. Carthage lies just to the south southwest of the McKay Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McKay Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the McKay Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McKay Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Cemetery
- Woodring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodring Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodring Cemetery
- Pilot Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Pilot Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove Cemetery
- Moss Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Moss Ridge Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Ridge Cemetery
- Yetter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Yetter Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yetter Cemetery
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Webster Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webster Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Webster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108773 <5>
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Old Carthage Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Carthage Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Spangler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Spangler Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Cemetery
- McConnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The McConnell Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Byley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Byley Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byley Cemetery
- County Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The County Farm Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Farm Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Fountain Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Fountain Green Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fountain Green Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Fountain Green.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105715 <5>
- Old Brick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Old Brick Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brick Cemetery
- Majorville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Majorville Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majorville Cemetery
- Lincoln Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Durham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Vandruff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Vandruff Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandruff Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McKay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McKay Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burnside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Ferris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adrian
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fountain Green is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Colusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joetta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Joetta is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joetta
- Bentley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bentley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- La Harpe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Harpe is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Harpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,123 people
- Elvaston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- VIshnu Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- VIshnu Springs is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VIshnu Springs
- Disco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Disco is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Powellton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Dallas City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Basco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blandinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoosuc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pontoosuc is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoosuc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Colmar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colmar is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmar
- Terre Haute
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Terre Haute is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Lomax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tennessee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iowa Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Niota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Galland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
- Sandusky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the McKay Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McKay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blandinsville
- Carthage
- Colchester
- Dallas City
- Fountain Green
- Hamilton
- La Harpe
- Lomax
- Plymouth
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the McKay Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Hancock County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the McKay Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #413283 (McKay Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #413283 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Hancock
- Est. Elev: 190 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Carthage East
- Location given for McKay Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4825432 Lon: -91.0856973
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKay Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |