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 McBride (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 McBride. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
McBride is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near McBride. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McBride:
- Butler County (The home county of McBride)
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Oak Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- McCalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Nixon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Brownsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Meadowood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Ribold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ribold is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribold
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meridian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Frazier Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Connoquenessing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Connoquenessing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connoquenessing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Herman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Glade Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Culmerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Gibsonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Russellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Wexford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rural Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Allison Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brackenridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
- Ingomar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Shadyside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Slate Lick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Worthington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Freeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- McVille
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Cowansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walkchalk
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Kaylor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Rosston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- West Ford City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Fredericksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Goehring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Wallace City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Barrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Lillyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Economy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Wurtemburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Conway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Baden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- East Brady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Bela
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Lawsonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- West Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Foxburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rimersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Saint Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Callensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Alum Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Ellport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Energy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Harlansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Altman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- McCaslin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Wampum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Beaver
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- East Moravia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- South New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mahoningtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- North Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Courtneys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Swamproot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Perrys Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Millburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Barkeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clintonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Arnold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- New Kensington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- West Leechburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- East Vandergrift
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McBride, see our County-by-County Page for McBride.
Cemeteries Near McBride ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McBride.
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 McBride - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McBride covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- Rockdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Brownsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Butler County Poor Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zions Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- B'nai Abraham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Side Cemetery
- The North Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44515 <2>
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter's Parish Family RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46247 <2>
- Butler Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Butler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45919 <2>
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 McBride in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McBride.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McBride, with the one closest to McBride listed first.
- McCalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Brownsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Renfrew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ribold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ribold is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribold
- Jefferson Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Center
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Connoquenessing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Connoquenessing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connoquenessing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Zeno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zeno is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Glade Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Herman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brinker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinker
- Saxonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Chestnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
- Great Belt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Evans City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McBride. See our List of 1890's Communities around McBride.
Newspapers Published in McBride ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around McBride.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McBride, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McBride.
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 McBride:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 McBride, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McBride) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |