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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cheshire Street. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cheshire Street to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cheshire Street, please Contact Us.

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 Cheshire Street (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 Cheshire Street. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cheshire Street is historic, it would have been located within present day New Haven 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 New Haven County: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield & Middlesex.

Below are the counties that are near Cheshire Street. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cheshire Street:

  • New Haven County     (The home county of Cheshire Street)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Autumn HIll
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll
    • South Meriden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • South Meriden is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden
    • Cheshire
      (2 miles [3.2 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
    • Meriden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Meriden is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
    • Meriden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cheshire
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Cheshire
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Cheshire is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire
    • Yalesville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooksvale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brooksvale is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksvale
    • Wallingford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wallingford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallingford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people
    • Prospect
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Prospect is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,755 people
    • Prospect
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Shelton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Stevenson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • East Village is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • White Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • White Hills is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
    • Shelton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelton is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
    • Riverside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Huntington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntington is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Hook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Botsford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Monroe is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,328 people
    • Oronoque
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
    • Newtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Milldale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Southington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Marion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Southington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Southington is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
    • Berlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Berlin is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,390 people
    • Berlin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kensington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Bristol
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • East Bristol is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
    • Plainville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Plainville is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,486 people
    • Plainville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • East Berlin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • New Britain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Litchfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Greystone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Greystone is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
    • Terryville Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
    • Pequabuck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
    • Oakville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Terryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Watertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Watertown is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
    • Watertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Thomaston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Thomaston is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,505 people
    • Thomaston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Northfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harwinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harwinton is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,400 people
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Middlefield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
    • Middlefield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Durham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Middletown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Middletown is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
    • Middletown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cromwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cromwell is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
    • Durham
      (11 miles [17.7 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
    • Cromwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Portland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Gildersleeve
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve
    • Portland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Portland is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
    • Little City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Little City is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
    • Cobalt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • New London County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Westchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Westchester is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester
    • North Westchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hadlyme
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Colchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Lyme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,304 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <2>
    • Lyme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Sterling City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sterling City is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
    • Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Tolland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.
    • Hebron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hebron is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,480 people
    • Gay City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gay City is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City
    • Gilead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilead is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Amston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hebron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Turnerville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Turnerville is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
    • Bolton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bolton is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,855 people
    • Bolton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vernon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Andover is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
    • Andover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vernon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Vernon is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Columbia is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cheshire Street, see our County-by-County Page for Cheshire Street.

Cemeteries Near Cheshire Street ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cheshire Street.

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 Cheshire Street - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cheshire Street covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.

  • Cheshire Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Meriden Hebrew Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • South End Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cheshire Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Hillside Cemetery
    • The Cheshire Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hillside Cemetery
  • St. Laurents Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Broad Street Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Quinnipiac Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wonx Spring Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Olde Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (524 more) ...
    • New St. Bridget Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stanislaus Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stanislaus Cemetery is located in Meriden.
    • Burying Ground 1720
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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.

Cheshire Street itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cheshire Street, with the one closest to Cheshire Street listed first.

  • South Meriden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • South Meriden is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden
  • Milldale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • West Cheshire
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Cheshire is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire
  • Cheshire
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tracy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tracy is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
  • Plantsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Meriden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Southington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Yalesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooksvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooksvale is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksvale
  • East Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Farms is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farms
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Prospect
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wallingford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Mount Carmel Center is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Center

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cheshire Street. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheshire Street.

Newspapers Published in Cheshire Street ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheshire Street.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cheshire Street, 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 Cheshire Street.

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 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 Cheshire Street:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cheshire Street, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cheshire Street) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.