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 Ellington (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 Ellington. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ellington 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 Ellington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellington:
Tolland County (The home county of Ellington)
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Ellington (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Windermere (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Rockville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Crystal Lake (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Somers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Somers is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
Somers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Somersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Quarryville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Tolland (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Tolland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Tolland is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
Vernon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Windsorville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Broad Brook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mill Pond Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village East Windsor (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
East Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
Enfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Enfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
Hazardville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Southwood Acres (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Southwood Acres is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Acres South Windsor (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Wapping (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Enfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Lydallville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville East Windsor Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Hampsted (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Barkhamsted (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Puddle Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Barkhamsted (26 miles [41.8 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
New Hartford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Pine Meadow (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Browns Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner Pleasant Valley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Nepaug (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug New Hartford (28 miles [45.1 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
Riverton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
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
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Lake Pocotopaug (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Portland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
East Hampton (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Cromwell (23 miles [37 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
Cobalt (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
East Hampton (24 miles [38.6 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
Cromwell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Middle Haddam (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Portland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Middletown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Liberty Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Lebanon (22 miles [35.4 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
North Westchester (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lebanon (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Colchester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
North Franklin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Westchester (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester Franklin (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Gilman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hanover (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Ashford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
West Ashford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Westford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Warrenville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Ashford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Eastford (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
Chaplin (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Eastford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Woodstock Valley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chaplin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
North Windham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Willimantic (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Franklin County (MA)
Smiths ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Smiths is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Baptist Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village East Longmeadow (10 miles [16.1 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
Hampden (10 miles [16.1 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
State Line (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Longmeadow (11 miles [17.7 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
South Factory Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Agawam (13 miles [20.9 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
Wilbraham (14 miles [22.5 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
Monson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Monson is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
Springfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
Wales (15 miles [24.1 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
Feeding Hills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Bondsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Granby (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
South Hadley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Belchertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Belchertown is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
Southampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Southampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
Mount Tom (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom Ware (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ware is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
Easthampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Easthampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
Enfield ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Enfield is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Northampton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Northampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
South Amherst (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Amherst is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst Bay State (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bay State is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Fiskdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge (23 miles [37 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
West Warren (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren Globe Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (24 miles [38.6 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
Warren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
Brookfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Brookfield is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
West Brookfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
West Brookfield is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
Dudley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Charlton City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Charlton City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton City 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellington, see our County-by-County Page for Ellington .
Cemeteries Near Ellington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellington.
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 Ellington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Ellington Center Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
McKinstry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Grove Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Bernards Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
North Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Charter Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
St. Catherines Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New West Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
West Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Crystal Lake Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Crystal Lake Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. Catherines Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (492 more) ...
Elmwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Old Vernon Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
North Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the North Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Somers . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103521 <2>
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 Ellington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
Ellington (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Windermere (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Rockville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Melrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Windsorville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Somersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Quarryville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Somers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Broad Brook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Vernon Center (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Vernon Center is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center Tolland (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Scitico (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Scitico is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scitico Continue List (20 more) ...
Vernon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Stafford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
West Stafford is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stafford Hazardville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellington .
Newspapers Published in Ellington ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellington, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Ellington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Ellington:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Tolland County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Litchfield County Middlesex County New London County Windham County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ellington. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ellington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Ellington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.