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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 McNalls (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 McNalls. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

McNalls is located in Niagara 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 Niagara County: Erie, Genesee & Orleans.

Below are the counties that are near McNalls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McNalls:

  • Niagara County     (The home county of McNalls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNalls, with the one closest to McNalls listed first.
    • Gasport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dysinger
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Dysinger is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
    • Reynales Basin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Reynales Basin is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynales Basin
    • Hartland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Hartland is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Middleport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rapids
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rapids is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
    • Lockport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Johnson Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
    • Ridgewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wrights Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • Raymond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Raymond is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • South Lockport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • South Lockport is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lockport
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNalls, with the one closest to McNalls listed first.
    • Wolcottsburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wolcottsburg is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcottsburg
    • Akron
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Swormville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Swormville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swormville
    • Akron Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Akron Junction is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
    • Clarence Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Getzville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Harris Hill is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
    • Crittenden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bowmansville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Looneyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Looneyville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
    • Williamsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Alden Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Alden Center is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNalls, with the one closest to McNalls listed first.
    • Alabama
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alabama is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
    • Basom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheatville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
    • Indian Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
    • North Pembroke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
    • Corfu
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Amherst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Amherst is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Ridgewood Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgewood Village is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
    • Bushville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
    • Sawens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawens is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
    • Elba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Elba is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <1>
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNalls, with the one closest to McNalls listed first.
    • Jeddo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeddo is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Lakewood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
    • Medina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lyndonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Barre
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • West Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
    • Eagle Harbor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
    • Kenyonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kenyonville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyonville
    • Shadigee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shadigee is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadigee
    • Albion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Gaines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gaines is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
    • Kuckville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kuckville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuckville
    • South Barre
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • South Barre is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNalls, with the one closest to McNalls listed first.
    • Folsomdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
    • Attica
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Harris Corners is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
    • Varysburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McNalls, see our County-by-County Page for McNalls.

Cemeteries Near McNalls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McNalls.

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 McNalls - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for McNalls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Dysinger Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Orangeport Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Royalton Mt. Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mabee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Huskey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • German Reformed Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaeffer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Michaels Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ketchem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (331 more) ...

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, McNalls had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Dysinger
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dysinger is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
  • Gasport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Orangeport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Orangeport is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeport
  • Reynales Basin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reynales Basin is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynales Basin
  • Wolcottsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolcottsville is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcottsville
  • Hartland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hartland is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Rapids
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rapids is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
  • Middleport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lockport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Raymond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • West Shelby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • West Shelby is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shelby
  • Johnson Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Wrights Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wrights Corners is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
    • North Hartland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • North Hartland is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
    • Millersport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersport is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersport

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

Newspapers Published in McNalls ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around McNalls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McNalls, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McNalls.

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 McNalls:

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>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- McNalls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 McNalls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.