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 McVeytown (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 McVeytown. 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 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.
McVeytown is located in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County: Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near McVeytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McVeytown:
- Mifflin County (The home county of McVeytown)
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Mattawana
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Allensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Atkinson Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Juniata Terrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Kishacoquillas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Lewistown Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Kistler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Lewistown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Covedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Shellytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Springfield Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Point View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Tyrone Forge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Beavertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Culp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Flowing Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Oreminea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Boalsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Panorama Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Bloomsdorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Linden Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Musser
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Lemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- State College
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Waterfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Ennisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Mill Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Donation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Aughwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Birdville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Neffs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Blairs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Huntingdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shirleysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Peru Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Doyles Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Perulack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- New Germantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Ickesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Centre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Eshcol
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Bannerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McVeytown, see our County-by-County Page for McVeytown.
Cemeteries Near McVeytown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McVeytown.
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 McVeytown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McVeytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Hartzler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Detweiler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Juniata Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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]<2> 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 <3>
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old White Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ohey Sholum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that McVeytown had a population of 599 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, McVeytown had a population of 330 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McVeytown, with the one closest to McVeytown listed first.
- Mattawana
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Horningford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Longfellow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Ryde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- Allensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Vineyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Strodes Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strodes Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strodes Mills
- Blacklog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Airydale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Airydale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airydale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McVeytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around McVeytown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of McVeytown ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around McVeytown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of McVeytown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of McVeytown and those printed in the larger area surrounding McVeytown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> of McVeytown.
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 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 McVeytown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mifflin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McVeytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McVeytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |