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 McGraw (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 McGraw. 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 hospitals and 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.
McGraw is located in Cortland County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near McGraw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGraw:
- Cortland County (The home county of McGraw)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- East Homer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Cortland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Messengerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Truxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crains Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Killawog
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Manningville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whitney Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Triangle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Glen Aubrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Maine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- West Chenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Quinneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Kattellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Summer Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Locke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Moravia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Kelloggsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Omro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- East Genoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cascade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Niles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Pitcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Smithville Flats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Otselic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Adams Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Kirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Greene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- DeRuyter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Rippleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- West Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Earlville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chittenango Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Randallsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Assembly Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Apulia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Spafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Fabius
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Berwyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Otisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Cardiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- LaFayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Pompey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delphi Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca County
- Kidders
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Ketchumville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hamar Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Hullsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- West Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Groton City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- McLean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dryden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Groton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- West Groton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Slaterville Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Varna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Besemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Caroline Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGraw, see our County-by-County Page for McGraw.
Cemeteries Near McGraw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGraw.
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 McGraw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGraw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- McGrawville Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McGraw Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blodgett Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cortland Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Loope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Homer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Homer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64658 <2>
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McAllister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 McGraw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McGraw.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
- Blodgett Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- East Homer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Cortland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freetown Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- East Freetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Cheningo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cheningo is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Virgil is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Messengerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Taylor Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGraw. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGraw.
Newspapers Published in McGraw ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGraw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGraw, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGraw.
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 professional and volunteer 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 McGraw:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 McGraw, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McGraw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |