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 McCoy (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 McCoy. 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 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.
McCoy is located in Whitman County.
To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.
Below are the counties that are near McCoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCoy:
- Whitman County (The home county of McCoy)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Rosalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seltice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seltice is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Tekoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Steptoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willard is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Juno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Elberton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elberton is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
- Spokane County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Latah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spangle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rockford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cheney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mica is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Marshall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Tyler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tyler is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chester is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Four Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benewah County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willard is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- De Smet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- De Smet is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
- Tensed
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plummer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Chatcolet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatcolet is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
- Kootenai County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Worley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Conkling Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conkling Park is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Park
- Bellgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Latah County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Cora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cora is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Freeze
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
- Potlatch Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
- Onaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Potlatch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McCoy, see our County-by-County Page for McCoy.
Cemeteries Near McCoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCoy.
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 McCoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Riggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakesdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
- The Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
- Rosalia Cemetery
- Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #172058 <2>
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Latah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goldenrod Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (37 more) ...
- Farmington Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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 McCoy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McCoy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
- Rosalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Oakesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Sunset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Plaza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plaza is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Latah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seltice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seltice is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Tekoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Steptoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Juno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McCoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCoy.
Newspapers Published in McCoy ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCoy, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCoy.
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 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 McCoy:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Whitman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Spokane County
- Benewah County
- Kootenai County
- Latah County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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 McCoy, 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 from Point A (ie- McCoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |