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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 McGees Mills (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 McGees Mills. 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 McGees Mills ...
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 McGees Mills: McGees Mls. (or less commonly used: McGees Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is McGees Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McGees Mills may originally have been McGee's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McGees Mills might be written as McGee Mills.
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 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.
McGees Mills is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near McGees Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McGees Mills:
- Clearfield County (The home county of McGees Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Mahaffey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bower
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Burnside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Curry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- New Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Cherry Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Mayes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Thompsontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Gazzam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gazzam is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazzam
- Lumber City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lumber City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Estimated population in 2015: 75 people
- Grampian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Barnards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McWilliams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Atwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Bryan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Eddyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Echo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Putneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Rural Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Yatesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Highland Fling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Barnesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Garmantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Hastings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Spangler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Thomas Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Patton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Flinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Carrolltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Hawthorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Fairmont City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Brockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Challenge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Horton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Scattertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Kylers Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Urey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Glen Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Hooverhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Rossiter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Rochester Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Purchase Line
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Marchand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Winslow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sykesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wishaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Panic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Valier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Prescottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Oliveburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Reynoldsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Falls Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McGees Mills, see our County-by-County Page for McGees Mills.
Cemeteries Near McGees Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGees Mills.
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 McGees Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGees Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Sunderland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mahaffey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Urey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- LaJose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bowers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frye Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- McClure Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 McGees Mills had a population of 103 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McGees Mills, with the one closest to McGees Mills listed first.
- Mahaffey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ostend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ostend is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostend
- Sidney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sidney is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Urey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Burnside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bower
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Hillman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Glen Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Curry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Flora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flora is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bells Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Landing is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Landing
- Patchinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGees Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGees Mills.
Newspapers Published in McGees Mills ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGees Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGees Mills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGees Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 McGees Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clarion County
- Elk County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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> | 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. |
| <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 McGees Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McGees Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |