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 McCoy (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 McCoy. 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 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.
McCoy is located in Breckinridge County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Breckinridge County: Perry (IN), Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near McCoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCoy:
- Breckinridge County (The home county of McCoy)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- McDaniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horn Back Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Se Ree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Westview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Constantine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Harned
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McQuady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Falls-of-Rough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Dean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
- Custer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Welch's Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Brooklyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Jetson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Aberdeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Oklahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Whitesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Sunfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Bee Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Kyrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sweeden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Lindseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Roundhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Stockholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Indian Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Duff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Short Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Black Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Leitchfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Tousey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Clarkson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yeaman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
- Big Clifty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Caneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Cabot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Patesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patesville
- Pellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pellville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellville
- Hawesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Hardin Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Limp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Pierce Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Vertrees
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vertrees is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vertrees
- Howe Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Howe Valley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Valley
- Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Eastview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Four Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Old Stephensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- Stephensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
- White Mills Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Perryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Dogcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Big Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Guston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guston is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guston
- Maples Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maples Corner is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Corner
- Haysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Haysville is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hillgrove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Flaherty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaherty
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Buck Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Grove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Grove
- Ekron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ekron is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Garrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Payneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rhodelia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rhodelia is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Olaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Olaton is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olaton
- Fordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Horse Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Arnold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dundee is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Rosine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aetnaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aetnaville is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetnaville
- Deanefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deanefield is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanefield
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Select
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Cromwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Beaver Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County (IN)
- Mauckport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Tobinsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tobinsport is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobinsport
- Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Cannelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gerald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gerald is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Derby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dexter is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Lilly Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly Dale is located in Perry County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Dale
- Tell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McCoy, see our County-by-County Page for McCoy.
Cemeteries Near McCoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCoy.
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 McCoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- McDaniels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mullin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Comer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nichols Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Whitworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pile Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 McCoy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McCoy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- McDaniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eveleigh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eveleigh is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eveleigh
- Westview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Duff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Axtel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Axtel is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtel
- Hardin Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Buras
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Short Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Constantine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Kirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Falls-of-Rough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harned
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McQuady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McQuady is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuady
- Glen Dean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McCoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCoy.
Newspapers Published in McCoy ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCoy, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCoy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 McCoy:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Breckinridge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Daviess County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Meade County
- Ohio County
- Harrison County
- Perry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 McCoy, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |