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 McDonaldtown (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 McDonaldtown. 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 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.
McDonaldtown is located in Beaver 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 Beaver County: Columbiana (OH), Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, Washington & Hancock (WV).
Below are the counties that are near McDonaldtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McDonaldtown:
- Beaver County (The home county of McDonaldtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- East Rochester
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Rochester
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monaca
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Phillipsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Freedom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridgewater is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Fallston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Beaver Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Leetsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bell Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Acres is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,373 people
- Duff City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duff City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff City
- Bradford Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Edgeworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edgeworth is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,646 people
- Franklin Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
- Sewickley Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewickley Heights is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewickley Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
- Sewickley Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewickley Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewickley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Sewickley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Borough of Glen Osborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Borough of Glen Osborne is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Glen Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Osborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osborne is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Wexford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coraopolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong County
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Fernway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Ogle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Fox Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Zelienople
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evans City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Myoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Mars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Watters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Valencia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Connoquenessing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Connoquenessing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connoquenessing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Ellport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Wampum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Beaver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Enon Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Moravia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Energy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Altman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Mahoningtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Rose Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- South New Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mount Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- North Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Courtneys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- MacDonald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Hanlin Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hanlin Station is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Station
- Burgettstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cross Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cross Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Cokeburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Woodrow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodrow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
- Pattersons Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pattersons Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattersons Mill
- Thompsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Kensington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parnassus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Lower Burrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- East End
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- State Line ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Calcutta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Liverpool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- La Croft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- La Croft is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Croft
- East Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Glenmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glenmoor is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmoor
- Mill Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Walkers
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Walkers is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers
- Unity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Rogers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Empire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Stratton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Toronto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Cream City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- New Somerset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Island Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Alikanna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alikanna is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alikanna
- Osage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Steubenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- New Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Lima
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Lewistown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Poland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boardman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Struthers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Follansbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Newell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- New Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
- Weirton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McDonaldtown, see our County-by-County Page for McDonaldtown.
Cemeteries Near McDonaldtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McDonaldtown.
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 McDonaldtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McDonaldtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Passavant Memorial Homes
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Irvin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daugherty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Cecilias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sylvania Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clark Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Beaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 McDonaldtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McDonaldtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McDonaldtown, with the one closest to McDonaldtown listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Phillipsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Monaca
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rochester
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freedom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bridgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridgewater is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stobo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stobo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stobo
- Conway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fallston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vanport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vanport is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanport
- Bellowsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellowsville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellowsville
- Kenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- New Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McDonaldtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around McDonaldtown.
Newspapers Published in McDonaldtown ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around McDonaldtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McDonaldtown, 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 McDonaldtown.
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 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 McDonaldtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Beaver County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Columbiana County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Brooke County
- Hancock 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 McDonaldtown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McDonaldtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |