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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grassy Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grassy Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grassy Hill, 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 Grassy Hill (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 Grassy Hill. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Grassy Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day New London 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 London County: Hartford, Middlesex, Tolland, Windham, Kent (RI) & Washington (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Grassy Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grassy Hill:
- New London County (The home county of Grassy Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Lyme
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Sterling City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sterling City is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
- Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Lyme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Chesterfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- East Lyme
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
- East Lyme
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
- Old Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,083 people
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Niantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hadlyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Marlborough
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marlborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marlborough is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,303 people
- Terramuggus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terramuggus is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus
- Taylor Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Town is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- East Glastonbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people
- South Glastonbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Rocky Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Addison is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- East Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glastonbury Center is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Center
- Rocky Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,037 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Crowley Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- Essex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Haddam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
- Centerbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Essex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ivoryton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Saybrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
- Old Saybrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Haddam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fenwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fenwick is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
- Deep River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deep River is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,419 people
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
- North Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Madison is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- East River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East River is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Branford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Branford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,066 people
- North Branford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Creek is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Northford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Branford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Branford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
- Clintonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clintonville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Meriden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Meriden is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
- Tolland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Amston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Turnerville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Turnerville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,480 people
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Gilead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Columbia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Andover is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gay City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gay City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City
- Conantville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Coventry Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
- Coventry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- South Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willimantic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Windham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
- Windham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Windham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Canterbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Canterbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chaplin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chaplin is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
- Suffolk County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Orient Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Fishers Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orient
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dering Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dering Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dering Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
- Shelter Island Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shelter Island Heights is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Island Heights
- Shelter Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Southold
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Westmoreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland
- Peconic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Haven is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- Northwest Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
- Washington County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Avondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avondale is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Westerly
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
- Westerly
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Ashaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Hopkinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
- Hopkinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Langworthy Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Langworthy Corner is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy Corner
- Weekapaug
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Weekapaug is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekapaug
- Burdickville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burdickville is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Canonchet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Moscow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grassy Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Grassy Hill.
Cemeteries Near Grassy Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grassy Hill.
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 Grassy Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grassy Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- Gillett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coult Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beebe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sterling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whistletown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sisson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eight Mile River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Champion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- East Lyme Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Grassy Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grassy Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grassy Hill, with the one closest to Grassy Hill listed first.
- North Lyme
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lyme
- Lyme
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- East Lyme
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterfield is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Brockway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brockway is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Essex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Black Hall is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hall
- South Lyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Niantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hadlyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Crescent Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Beach is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Millington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 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 Grassy Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grassy Hill.
Newspapers Published in Grassy Hill ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grassy Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grassy Hill, 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 Grassy Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Grassy Hill:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to New London County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hartford County
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Suffolk County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
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 Grassy Hill, 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grassy Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |