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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 McAlevys Fort (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 McAlevys Fort. 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.
Name Variations for McAlevys Fort ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for McAlevys Fort: McAlevys Ft. (or less commonly used: McAlevys Frt.)
- While the name of this community is McAlevys Fort, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McAlevys Fort may originally have been McAlevy's Fort.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McAlevys Fort might be written as McAlevy Fort.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
McAlevys Fort is located in Huntingdon County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near McAlevys Fort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McAlevys Fort:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of McAlevys Fort)
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Ennisville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Neffs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dungarvin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Mill Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Alexandria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mount Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pennington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Covedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Tyrone Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tyrone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Culp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Grazierville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Franklin Forge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Point View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Shellytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cambria County
- Lloydville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Fairbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Boalsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Musser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Panorama Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- State College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Krumrine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Lemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Houserville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Fruittown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Chester Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Osceola Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Brisbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Kylertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- West Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Ginter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Abdera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Lamar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Peru Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Mifflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- East Rutherford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Mifflintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mexico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Locust Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kishacoquillas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- McVeytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mattawana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Lumber City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Burnham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Juniata Terrace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- New Germantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Cisna Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Ickesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Bixler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Eshcol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Bannerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union County
- Cherry Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McAlevys Fort, see our County-by-County Page for McAlevys Fort.
Cemeteries Near McAlevys Fort ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McAlevys Fort.
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 McAlevys Fort - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McAlevys Fort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Ennisville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McAlevys Fort Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McAlevys Fort United Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenlee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Furnace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rudy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manor Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manor Hill Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carolus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Ewing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McAlevys Fort had a population of 159 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McAlevys Fort, with the one closest to McAlevys Fort listed first.
- Ennisville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Saulsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saulsburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Manor Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manor Hill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Masseyburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Masseyburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyburg
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Neffs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kishacoquillas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Rockspring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockspring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspring
- Cottage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cottage is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McAlevys Fort. See our List of 1890's Communities around McAlevys Fort.
Newspapers Published in McAlevys Fort ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around McAlevys Fort.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McAlevys Fort, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McAlevys Fort.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 McAlevys Fort:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 McAlevys Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- McAlevys Fort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |