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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 McKinley Heights (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 McKinley Heights. 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.

Name Variations for McKinley Heights ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for McKinley Heights: McKinley Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near McKinley Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKinley Heights.

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 McKinley Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Matthew Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old St. Marcus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
    • The St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
    • St. Marcus Commemorative Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30670 <1>
  • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
    • The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
    • St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <1>
  • Western Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brooklyn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooklyn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooklyn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakewood Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New St. Marcus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Marcus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
    • The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Picker Cemetery
    • St. Louis Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <1>
  • Continue List   (464 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bellefontaine Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Resurrection Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 McKinley Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McKinley Heights.

These communities are listed based on their distance from McKinley Heights, with the one closest to McKinley Heights listed first.

  • Saint Louis
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Tower Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tower Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
    • Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
  • Cahokia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
    • Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <4>
  • Cheltenham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
    • Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
  • Gratiot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gratiot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
    • Gratiot is located in Saint Louis City
  • Clifton Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
    • Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City
  • Carondelet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
    • Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
  • East Saint Louis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Venice
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Venice is located in Madison County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,852 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <4>
  • Benton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Benton is located in Saint Louis City
  • East Carondelet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carondelet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carondelet
    • East Carondelet is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carondelet <4>
  • Vulcan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vulcan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
    • Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Falling Spring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Falling Spring. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
      • Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
    • Centreville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
    • Newport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Newport is located in Madison County (IL)

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

Newspapers Published in McKinley Heights ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKinley Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKinley Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKinley Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 McKinley Heights:

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

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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 McKinley Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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- McKinley Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McKinley Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6102, Longitude: -90.2172       In this case, the coordinates for McKinley Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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