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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about McGarry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McGarry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McGarry, please Contact Us.
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 McGarry (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 McGarry. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of McGarry is historic, it would have been located within present day Columbiana County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbiana County: Carroll, Jefferson, Mahoning, Stark, Beaver (PA), Lawrence (PA) & Hancock (WV).
Below are the counties that are near McGarry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGarry:
- Columbiana County (The home county of McGarry)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Reading
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Adair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- East Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hanoverton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kensington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Franklin Square
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Pekin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Augusta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Malvern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Watheys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- New Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Mechanicstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wattsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Dellroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Valleyview
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Bergholz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Irondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cream City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Amsterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Beloit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Patmos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Hickory Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Craig Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Canfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Yale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Diamond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Mishler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Rootstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Suffield Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Wayland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Augerburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Brimfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Alliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- East Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Hartville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- North Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Myersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Mogadore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Lakemore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- North Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Akron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Tallmadge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Comet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Munroe Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- South Canal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lordstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Phalanx
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Hilltop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Niles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Austin Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Bolindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Girard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Mineral City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Strasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Bessemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S.N.P.J
- Estimated population in 2019: 19 people
- Hancock County (WV)
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGarry, see our County-by-County Page for McGarry.
Cemeteries Near McGarry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGarry.
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 McGarry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGarry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairmount Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
- The Fairmount Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Fairmount Memorial Cemetery
- Fairmount Childrens Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Grange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grandview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Salem Alliance Church Cemetery
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Salem Green Lawn Cemetery
- Salem Greenlawn Cemetery
- Reading Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Memorial Park is located outside and to the west of Westville.
- Continue List (569 more) ...
- Dutch Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Jewish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
McGarry itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGarry, with the one closest to McGarry listed first.
- Alliance Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Mount Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Union is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Homeworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beloit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freeburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- New Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Franklin is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Moultrie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moultrie is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
- North Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maximo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maximo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maximo
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Snodes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snodes is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodes
- Paris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGarry. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGarry.
Newspapers Published in McGarry ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGarry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGarry, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGarry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 McGarry:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Columbiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas County
- Lawrence County
- Hancock County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 McGarry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McGarry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |