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 McKinney (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 McKinney. 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 doctors and 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.
McKinney is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Frederick (MD), Washington (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near McKinney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McKinney:
- Franklin County (The home county of McKinney)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Mowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Newbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Orrstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Pinola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Green Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Keefers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Cheesetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
- Chambersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Trust
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Arendtsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bendersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Aspers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Biglerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Gargol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- McKnightstown Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mummasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mummasburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mummasburg
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Newburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Shippensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Big Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Newville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bears Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Huntsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Barnitz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Caprivi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Carlisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Fort Littleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knobsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Clear Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Waterfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McConnellsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Laidig
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Wells Tannery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Websters Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Neelyton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Orbisonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- Shirleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pogue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Aughwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Maddensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Selea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Three Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Perulack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Peru Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Old Port
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Kistler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Mattawana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Menno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- New Germantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cisna Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Centre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Bixler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Kistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Landisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alinda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Elliottsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Falling Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Ickesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Eshcol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Blain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecks Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- York County
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Pen Mar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McKinney, see our County-by-County Page for McKinney.
Cemeteries Near McKinney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKinney.
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 McKinney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McKinney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Hanna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McCaskey Graves
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Myers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Cemetery
- The Green Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irishtown Cemetery
- United Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Veterans Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Path Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eby Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jones / Chapman / Parson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nossville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Newville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elf Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffries Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 McKinney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McKinney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McKinney, with the one closest to McKinney listed first.
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Newburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lurgan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lurgan is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurgan
- Mongul
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mongul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mongul
- Newbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Orrstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middle Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Spring
- Doylesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doylesburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesburg
- Pleasant Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Green Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Heberlig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heberlig is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heberlig
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Upper Strasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Strasburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Strasburg
- Shippensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McKinney. See our List of 1890's Communities around McKinney.
Newspapers Published in McKinney ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKinney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKinney, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKinney.
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 websites either 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 McKinney:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Cumberland County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- York County
- Washington 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 McKinney, 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- McKinney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |