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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 McKeages Crossing (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 McKeages Crossing. 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 McKeages Crossing ...
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 McKeages Crossing: McKeages Xing.
- While the name of this community is McKeages Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McKeages Crossing may originally have been McKeage's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McKeages Crossing might be written as McKeage Crossing.
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 hospitals 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.
McKeages Crossing is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near McKeages Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McKeages Crossing:
- Indiana County (The home county of McKeages Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Cherry Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hooverhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cookport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alverda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Commodore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Pine Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Heilwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Kenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Barnards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Rural Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elderton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- McWilliams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Blanco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Echo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Muff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Oscar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Highland Fling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Blue Knob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Duncansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Puzzletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Culp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Frankstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Garmantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- West Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Barnesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Spangler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Carrolltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Thomas Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- McPherron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Newburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mahaffey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mayes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Bower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Blain City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cherry Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Winslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Oliveburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Sykesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wishaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Prescottville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Timblin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Coolspring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Seward
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McKeages Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for McKeages Crossing.
Cemeteries Near McKeages Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKeages Crossing.
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 McKeages Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McKeages Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Uniontown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John The Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46469 <3>
- McDowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45933 <3>
- Bethesda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find McKeages Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McKeages Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McKeages Crossing, with the one closest to McKeages Crossing listed first.
- Spruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Cush Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- West Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Patchinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Cookport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Grisemore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Hastings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pine Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Nicktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Westover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McKeages Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around McKeages Crossing.
Newspapers Published in McKeages Crossing ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKeages Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKeages Crossing, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKeages Crossing.
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 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 McKeages Crossing:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Westmoreland 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 McKeages Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- McKeages Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |