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 McCoysville (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 McCoysville. 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.
McCoysville is located in Juniata 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 Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near McCoysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCoysville:
- Juniata County (The home county of McCoysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- McCullochs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- East Rutherford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Peru Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Old Port
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Mifflin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Port Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Locust Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Fruittown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Potters Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Centre Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Boalsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Pine Grove Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Panorama Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Centre Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Lemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bears Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Newville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Schlusser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Shippensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Mowersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Roxbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Orrstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Pinola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Aughwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mount Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ennisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Shirleysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Birdville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Donation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Mapleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Orbisonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Huntingdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Juniata Terrace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Mattawana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lewistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Highland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Burnham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kishacoquillas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Yeagertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Menno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Atkinson Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Kistler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- New Germantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bixler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Cisna Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Ickesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Eshcol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Mecks Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Bannerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Beaver Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benfer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Troxelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Union County
- Cherry Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 McCoysville, see our County-by-County Page for McCoysville.
Cemeteries Near McCoysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCoysville.
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 McCoysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCoysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- McCoysville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henry Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Juniata Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Lewistown.
- The Juniata Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Juniata Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45212 <2>
- Millers Tomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Lind Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ohey Sholum Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McCoysville had a population of 142 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCoysville, with the one closest to McCoysville listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Honey Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Doyles Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Academia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Academia is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academia
- Blacklog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- East Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Waterford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- Spruce Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spruce Hill is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Longfellow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Horningford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Peru Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McCoysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCoysville.
Newspapers Published in McCoysville ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCoysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCoysville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCoysville.
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 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 McCoysville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union 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> | 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- McCoysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McCoysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |