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 McKees Store (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 McKees Store. 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 McKees Store ...
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.
While the name of this community is McKees Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McKees Store may originally have been McKee's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McKees Store might be written as McKee Store.
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.
McKees Store is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Johnson (TN), Sullivan (TN), Grayson, Russell, Scott & Smyth.
Below are the counties that are near McKees Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McKees Store:
- Washington County (The home county of McKees Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Loves Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Fleet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glade Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Masada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Masada is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Clinchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinchburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchburg
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drowning Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drowning Ford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Ford
- Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Green Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Alvarado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alvarado is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glenford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford
- Bristol City
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Virginia Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Virginia Heights is located in Bristol City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan County
- Council
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Council is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Whitetop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trout Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rugby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bridle Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Elk Garden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Garden is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Garden
- Barnett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barnett is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Honaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Spring City is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Dye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dye is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Artrip
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Artrip is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artrip
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jessees Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
- Russell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Creswell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Creswell is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kiser is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Dickensonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dickensonville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickensonville
- Smyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Chilhowie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Mile Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Adwolf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Saltville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allison Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allison Gap is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison Gap
- Cardwell Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cardwell Town is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Town
- Broadford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Broadford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadford
- Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Mount Carmel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Sugar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Atkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Paintlick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
- Asberrys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Asberrys is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberrys
- Claypool Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Claypool Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Hill
- Steeleburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Steeleburg is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeleburg
- Pounding Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Richlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Raven is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Thompson Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Valley is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Valley
- Maxwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maxwell is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Red Ash
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Pisgah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wythe County
- Rural Retreat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alleghany County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Piney Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Topia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Scottville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Grayson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Apple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Sturgills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Brandon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Roten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Helton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Comet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Warrensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Watauga County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Zionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Carter County (TN)
- Buladeen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Fuller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Mountain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Trade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Health is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Sullivan County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Holston Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Forest Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Hunter Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
- Ruthton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collingwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McKees Store, see our County-by-County Page for McKees Store.
Cemeteries Near McKees Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKees Store.
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 McKees Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McKees Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Byars Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bishop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McClure Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Glade Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (895 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beatie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 McKees Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McKees Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McKees Store, with the one closest to McKees Store listed first.
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Loves Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Lodi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Glade Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chilhowie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emory
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seven Mile Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Meadowview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adwolf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lindell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shortsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shortsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
- Saltville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McKees Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around McKees Store.
Newspapers Published in McKees Store ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKees Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKees Store, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKees Store.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 McKees Store:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol City
- Buchanan County
- Grayson County
- Russell County
- Smyth County
- Tazewell County
- Wythe County
- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Watauga County
- Carter County
- Johnson County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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> | 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 McKees Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKees Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |