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 Coventry (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 Coventry. 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 and doctors 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.
Coventry 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 Coventry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coventry:
- Tolland County (The home county of Coventry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- South Coventry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry
- Eagleville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Coventry Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
- Mansfield Depot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,389 people
- Mansfield City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Storrs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Lydallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lydallville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville
- Manchester Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Manchester Green is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Glastonbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marlborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terramuggus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terramuggus is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus
- Buckingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Glastonbury
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Marlborough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marlborough is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,303 people
- Oxford Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oxford Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village
- Wapping
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wapping is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Lake Pocotopaug
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug
- East Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Hampton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
- Portland
(18 miles [29 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
- Moodus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cobalt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Haddam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- East Haddam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
- Gildersleeve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Johnsonville has also been known as:
- Johnsonville Village
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 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
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Meriden
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New London County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lebanon is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Crossing is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
- North Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Westchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Willimantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Ashford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Ashford is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford
- Windham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
- Chaplin
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Warrenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warrenville is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville
- South Windham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashford
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
- Hampden County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- State Line
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- South Factory Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village
- Wales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wales is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
- Baptist Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village
- Hampden
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Monson
(22 miles [35.4 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
- East Longmeadow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
- Brimfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- Wilbraham
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Agawam
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Hampshire County (MA)
- Bondsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Fiskdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale
- Globe Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
- Old Sturbridge Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village
- Southbridge
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Dudley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
- Merino Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village
- Tufts Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tufts Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tufts Village
- Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,822 people
- Webster has also been known as:
- Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Charlton City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton City is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton City
- Charlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,698 people
- East Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Kent County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Rice City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rice City is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- Greene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greene is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Providence County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Foster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- West Glocester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester
- Foster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Simmons Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coventry, see our County-by-County Page for Coventry.
Cemeteries Near Coventry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coventry.
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 Coventry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coventry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- Nathan Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gurley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Andover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Townsend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Willimantic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Storrs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Utley Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (588 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tolland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwoodville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coventry had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coventry, with the one closest to Coventry listed first.
- South Coventry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Coventry is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry
- Eagleville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Mansfield Depot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mansfield City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Merrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Merrow is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrow
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Storrs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gurleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gurleyville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville
- South Willington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Willimantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwoodville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Bolton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coventry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coventry.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Coventry ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coventry.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Coventry. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Coventry and those printed in the larger area surrounding Coventry.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Coventry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Coventry:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Tolland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hartford County
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- New London County
- Windham County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Worcester County
- Kent County
- Providence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
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 Coventry, 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' (or 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- Coventry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |