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 McGaw (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 McGaw. 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 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 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.
McGaw is located in Scioto 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 Scioto County: Greenup (KY), Lewis (KY), Adams, Jackson, Lawrence & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near McGaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGaw:
- Scioto County (The home county of McGaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Pond Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Lombardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- West Portsmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Portsmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Rosemount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- New Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Rarden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Squirrel Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Blue Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grimes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Lynx
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lynx is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynx
- Moore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Wrightsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Mineral Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Dunkinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- West Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill
- Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Ellsberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsberry
- Neel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Neel is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Aberdeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Slickaway is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickaway
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Hanging Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Ironton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pedro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Coopersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Wetmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Wakefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sargents
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Poplar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Shyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Summit County
- Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Carter County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Smiths Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Boone Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
- Carter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carter is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Kehoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Wesleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Smoky Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
- Counts Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
- Olive Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Pactolus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Grahn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grahn is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahn
- Grayson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Gimlet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
- Ault
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ault is located in Elliott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
- Fleming County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Foxport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxport
- Pleasureville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasureville is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
- Ryan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Muses Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
- Beechburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechburg
- Wallingford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Poplar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Dalesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dalesburg is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalesburg
- Plummers Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- South Portsmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Tygarts Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Lynn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- South Shore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frost
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Warnock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Grays Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Greenup
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Argillite
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Garrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Vanceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Firebrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Camp Dix
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
- Charters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Charters is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Pence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Emerson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emerson is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Tollesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cottageville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Mason County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Rectorville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rectorville
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Weedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Weedonia is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedonia
- Rowan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Haldeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman
- Gates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Rowan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGaw, see our County-by-County Page for McGaw.
Cemeteries Near McGaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGaw.
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 McGaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- McKendree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McDermitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brightman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bruce Family Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Cemetery
- The Sandy Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Spring Cemetery
- Sandy Spring Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1850358 <2>
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Twin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (629 more) ...
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maddy Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Matty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 McGaw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McGaw.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGaw, with the one closest to McGaw listed first.
- Buena Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Garrison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Vanceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Pond Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Tannery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tannery is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stout is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Selig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selig is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selig
- Rugless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rugless is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugless
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carrs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carrs is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrs
- Blue Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smiths Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGaw.
Newspapers Published in McGaw ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGaw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGaw, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGaw.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 McGaw:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Scioto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Summit County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Lewis County
- Mason County
- Rowan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 McGaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- McGaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |