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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 Bolton (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 Bolton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Bolton is located in Tolland County .
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tolland County : Hartford , New London , Windham , Hampden (MA) & Worcester (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Bolton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bolton:
Tolland County (The home county of Bolton)
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Bolton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Gay City ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Gay City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City Andover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Andover is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
Andover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Vernon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Coventry Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake Coventry (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 12,389 people
Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Gilead (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gilead is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry Quarryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Mansfield Depot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Lydallville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Manchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Manchester is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
Manchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Buckingham (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham East Glastonbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Oxford Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Oxford Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Wapping (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Addison (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Addison is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Glastonbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Glastonbury is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people
Mayberry Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Mayberry Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Village Forbes Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Forbes Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Village Forest Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Forest Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Village Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Hampsted (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Barkhamsted (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Puddle Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Browns Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner New Hartford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Pine Meadow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
Nepaug (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug New Hartford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Pequabuck (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Terryville Station (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station Torrington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Pleasant Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Lake Pocotopaug (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug East Hampton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
East Hampton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Portland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Middle Haddam (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Cobalt (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cromwell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cromwell (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Portland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Johnsonville ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Johnsonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville Johnsonville has also been known as:
Johnsonville Village Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Meriden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden Yalesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Autumn HIll (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll Wallingford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wallingford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people
North Madison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
North Madison is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison Cheshire (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 28,806 people
Wallingford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Wolcott (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wolcott is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
Cheshire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Quinnipiac ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Quinnipiac is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnipiac West Cheshire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
West Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Liberty Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill North Westchester (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Lebanon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Colchester (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Westchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester North Franklin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Gilman (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Franklin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Baltic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bozrah (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Willimantic (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
North Windham (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Windham (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
West Ashford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford South Windham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Windham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Warrenville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Chaplin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ashford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
Ashford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Westford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Scotland (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Scotland is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Baptist Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village State Line (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Hampden (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
East Longmeadow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Longmeadow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
South Factory Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Agawam (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
Wales (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Wales is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
Monson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Monson is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
Wilbraham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Wilbraham is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbraham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,670 people
Feeding Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills Holland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
Hosmer Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Fiskdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Globe Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Old Sturbridge Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Southbridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Sturbridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bolton, see our County-by-County Page for Bolton .
Cemeteries Near Bolton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bolton.
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 Bolton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bolton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Bolton Center Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Quarryville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Gay Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Townsend Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
New Andover Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Andover Cemetery The New Andover Cemetery has also been known as:
First Congregational Church Cemetery Long Hill Road Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154063 <2>
South Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Silver Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
East Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Manchester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103307 <2>
Beth Sholom Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
John Tom Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Center Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (568 more) ...
St. Bridgets Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Old Vernon Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Old Buckingham Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Bolton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bolton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
Bolton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Andover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Manchester Green (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Highland Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Highland Park is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Vernon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Manchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Buckingham (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Gilead (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gilead is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Vernon Center (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Vernon Center is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center East Glastonbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry Continue List (14 more) ...
Quarryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Buckland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Buckland is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Addison (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Addison is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bolton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bolton .
Newspapers Published in Bolton ...
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 341 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bolton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bolton, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bolton.
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 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 Bolton:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Tolland County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Litchfield County Middlesex County New Haven County New London County Windham County Hampden County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bolton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Bolton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Bolton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.