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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 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 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 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Solon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
      • Solon is located in Cortland County
    • East Homer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
      • East Homer is located in Cortland County
    • East River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
      • East River is located in Cortland County
    • Cortland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Homer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Cortland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <2>
    • Munsons Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munsons Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
      • Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
    • Little York
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
    • Pratt Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
      • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
    • Messengerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Messengerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
      • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
    • Slab City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Cortland County
    • Truxton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crains Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
      • Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upper Lisle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
      • Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
    • Manningville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
      • Manningville is located in Broome County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Triangle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
      • Triangle is located in Broome County
    • Glen Aubrey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Castle Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
      • Castle Creek is located in Broome County
    • Maine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
      • Maine is located in Broome County
    • West Chenango
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Chenango. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
      • West Chenango is located in Broome County
    • Quinneville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
      • Quinneville is located in Broome County
    • Kattellville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
      • Kattellville is located in Broome County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
      • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
      • Summer Hill has also been known as:
      • Plato
    • Dresserville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
      • Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
    • Sempronius
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
      • Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
    • Montville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
      • Montville is located in Cayuga County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • New Hope is located in Cayuga County
    • Kelloggsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
      • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
    • Omro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Omro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
      • Omro is located in Cayuga County
    • East Genoa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
      • East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
    • Cascade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cascade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
      • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Niles
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
      • Niles is located in Cayuga County
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGraw, with the one closest to McGraw listed first.
    • Otselic Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otselic Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
      • Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
    • Smithville Flats
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Meadow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
      • Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
    • Otselic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
      • Otselic is located in Chenango County
    • Adams Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
      • Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
    • Kirk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
      • Kirk is located in Chenango County
    • Greene
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
      • Greene is located in Chenango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greene <2>
    • Oxford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyrna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Smyrna is located in Chenango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <2>
    • Haynes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haynes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
    • North Norwich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
    • Norwich
      (29 miles [46.7 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
      • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Puckerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
      • Puckerville is located in Madison County
    • New Woodstock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
      • New Woodstock is located in Madison County
    • Union
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Madison County
    • Rippleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
      • Rippleton is located in Madison County
    • Cazenovia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cazenovia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Cazenovia is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,843 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cazenovia <2>
    • Bingley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
      • Bingley is located in Madison County
    • West Eaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Eaton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
      • West Eaton is located in Madison County
    • Earlville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earlville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
      • Earlville is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlville <2>
    • Chittenango Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
      • Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
    • Randallsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Randallsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
      • Randallsville is located in Madison County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
      • Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Tully
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tully have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
      • Tully is located in Onondaga County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tully <2>
    • Apulia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Apulia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
      • Apulia is located in Onondaga County
    • Spafford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spafford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
      • Spafford is located in Onondaga County
    • Fabius
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Otisco Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
      • Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
    • Berwyn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
      • Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
    • Otisco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
      • Otisco is located in Onondaga County
    • Cardiff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
      • Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
    • LaFayette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
      • LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
      • LaFayette has also been known as:
      • LaFayette Square
      • Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <2>
    • Delphi Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Log City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
      • Log City is located in Onondaga County
  • Seneca County
    • Kidders
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ketchumville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
      • Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
    • Newark Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • West Newark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
      • West Newark is located in Tioga County
    • Candor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Weltonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
      • Weltonville is located in Tioga County
    • Hamar Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
      • Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
    • Hullsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
      • Hullsville is located in Tioga County
    • West Candor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
      • West Candor is located in Tioga County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groton City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
      • Groton City is located in Tompkins County
    • McLean
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dryden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
      • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <2>
    • Freeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
      • Freeville is located in Tompkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <2>
    • Groton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Peruville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peruville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
      • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
    • West Groton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
      • West Groton is located in Tompkins County
    • Slaterville Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lansing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Lansing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
      • East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Varna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
      • Varna is located in Tompkins County
    • Besemer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
      • Besemer is located in Tompkins County
    • North Lansing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
      • North Lansing is located in Tompkins County

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGrawville Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGrawville Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McGraw Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Blodgett Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blodgett Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blodgett Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Atwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Turner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cortland Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cortland Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cortland Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Freetown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freetown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freetown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Loope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Homer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Homer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Homer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <4>
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    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McAllister Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McAllister Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McAllister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sessions Hill Neighborhood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<5>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blodgett Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Mills
    • Blodgett Mills is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blodgett Mills <2>
  • East River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • East River is located in Cortland County
  • Solon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Solon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Solon is located in Cortland County
  • East Homer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
    • East Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Cortland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Freetown Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freetown Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
    • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Homer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Cortland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <2>
  • South Cortland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Cortland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
    • South Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • East Freetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
    • East Freetown is located in Cortland County
  • Cheningo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheningo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheningo
    • Cheningo is located in Cortland County
  • Virgil
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virgil have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
    • Virgil is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virgil <2>
  • East Virgil
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Virgil have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Virgil
    • East Virgil is located in Cortland County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Messengerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Messengerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
      • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
    • Little York
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
      • Little York is located in Cortland County
    • Taylor Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
      • Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County

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]<6>. 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:

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

The official website for Cortland County: www.cortland-co.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McGraw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5938, Longitude: -76.0975       In this case, the coordinates for McGraw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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