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 Burlington (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 Burlington. 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.
Burlington is located in Hartford 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 Hartford County : Litchfield , Middlesex , New Haven , New London , Tolland & Hampden (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Burlington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burlington:
Hartford County (The home county of Burlington)
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Burlington (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Whigville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Whigville is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville Unionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Collinsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Avon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Avon is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Population from the 2020 Census: 18,220 people
Canton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Avon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Avon is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Avon Bristol (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bristol is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
Bristol (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Farmington Station (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Farmington Station is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Station Canton Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Canton Valley is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Valley Crowleys Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Crowleys Corner is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowleys Corner East Bristol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
East Bristol is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol Fairfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Riverside (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sandy Hook (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Stevenson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Newtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Newtown is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown White Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
White Hills is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills Brookfield Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center Brookfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Brookfield is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
Brookfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
East Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
East Village is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Hawleyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Newtown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Sherman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Sherman is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
Sherman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Browns Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner Nepaug (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug Torrington (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Harwinton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Harwinton is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwinton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,400 people
Harwinton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
New Hartford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Pequabuck (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Terryville Station (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station Terryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Puddle Town (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Torringford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Torringford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torringford Plymouth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Plymouth is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
Plymouth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Cromwell (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cromwell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Gildersleeve (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Middlefield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Middlefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
Middlefield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Middletown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Portland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
Portland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Durham (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Cobalt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Durham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Durham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
Lake Pocotopaug (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Wolcott (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wolcott is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
Wolcott (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Waterville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Waterville is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Waterbury (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Waterbury is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 106,826 people
Waterbury (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Autumn HIll (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll Cheshire (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 28,806 people
Cheshire (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Prospect (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Prospect is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Population from the 2020 Census: 9,755 people
Prospect (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
South Meriden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
South Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden Meriden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Vernon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Windermere (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Bolton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bolton is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,855 people
Gay City ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Gay City was located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City Vernon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Bolton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ellington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rockville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ellington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Ellington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
Gilead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Gilead is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Quarryville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Somersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Andover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Andover is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
South Sandisfield (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield Sandisfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
Clayton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Gomorrah (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah Southfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield East Otis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
East Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis Ashley Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls New Marlborough (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
Mill River (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River Otis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Granville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Granville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
Tolland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
West Granville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
West Granville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville Southwick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
Hosmer Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Feeding Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills Agawam (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
Westfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Westfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
Woronoco (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Woronoco is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco Longmeadow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Blandford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Blandford is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
West Springfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
West Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
Hampton Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hampton Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village Dutchess County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Amenia Union (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union Leedsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville Dogtail Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burlington, see our County-by-County Page for Burlington .
Cemeteries Near Burlington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burlington.
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 Burlington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
South Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lamson Corner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Edgewood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Case Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hillside Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Greenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery The Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Unionville . The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
Lovely Street Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103372 <3>
East Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Peacedale Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Thomas Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Patricks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Calvary Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (475 more) ...
Southwest Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Cemetery The Southwest Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Collinsville . The Southwest Cemetery has also been known as:
Canton Southwest Cemetery St. Marys Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
East Church 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.<4>
While we didn't find Burlington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burlington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burlington, with the one closest to Burlington listed first.
Burlington (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Whigville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Whigville is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville Unionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Collinsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bristol (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Forestville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Forestville is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville Nepaug (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug West Avon (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Avon is also located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Avon Canton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Harwinton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Terryville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pequabuck (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Terryville Station (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station Bakersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bakersville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville Campville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Campville is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burlington .
Newspapers Published in Burlington ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burlington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burlington, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Burlington.
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 Burlington:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Hartford County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Fairfield County Litchfield County Middlesex County New Haven County Tolland County Berkshire County Hampden County Dutchess County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burlington. 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. 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- Burlington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Burlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.