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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 Huckleberry Hills Trails (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 Huckleberry Hills Trails. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Huckleberry Hills Trails 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 Huckleberry Hills Trails. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails:

  • Hartford County     (The home county of Huckleberry Hills Trails)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Collinsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Avon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Avon is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,220 people
    • West Avon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • West Avon is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Avon
    • Canton Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Canton Valley is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Valley
    • Canton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Crowleys Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Crowleys Corner is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowleys Corner
    • Unionville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Avon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Old Avon Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Old Avon Village is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Avon Village
    • Burlington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burlington is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
    • Burlington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alsop Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Alsop Corner is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsop Corner
  • Litchfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Browns Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Puddle Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town
    • 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
    • New Hartford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Meadow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Torrington
      (6 miles [9.7 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
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Barkhamsted
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
    • Barkhamsted
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pequabuck
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Cromwell
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Middletown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Portland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Middlefield
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Cobalt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Durham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Pocotopaug
      (24 miles [38.6 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 Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Wolcott
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Waterville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Waterville is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
    • Waterbury
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Meriden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Meriden is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
    • Meriden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Waterbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Autumn HIll
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll
    • Cheshire
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • South Meriden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • South Meriden is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden
    • West Cheshire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • West Cheshire is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire
    • Cheshire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • New London County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • North Westchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Westchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Westchester is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester
  • Tolland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Vernon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Vernon
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Windermere
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Windermere is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
    • Ellington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rockville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bolton
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Bolton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Ellington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ellington is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
    • Gay City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Gay City is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City
    • Somersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Quarryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Quarryville is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Gilead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gilead is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • South Sandisfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
    • Sandisfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
    • East Otis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • East Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis
    • 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
    • Otis
      (28 miles [45.1 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
    • 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
    • Mill River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
    • 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
    • Hartsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hartsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
    • Monterey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Monterey is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
  • Hampden County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.
    • Granville
      (18 miles [29 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
    • Southwick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
    • West Granville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • West Granville is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
    • Tolland
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Hosmer Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner
    • Feeding Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills
    • Westfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Westfield is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
    • Agawam
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Longmeadow
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Woronoco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Woronoco is located in Hampden County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco
    • West Springfield
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Blandford
      (26 miles [41.8 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
  • Hampshire County (MA)
    • Huntington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Huntington is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people

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

Cemeteries Near Huckleberry Hills Trails ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huckleberry Hills Trails.

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 Huckleberry Hills Trails - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, 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 <2>
  • Canton Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Cherry Brook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • West Avon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Beth El Temple Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Southwest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Southwest Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Collinsville.
    • The Southwest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Canton Southwest Cemetery
  • Edgewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • South Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (478 more) ...
    • Case Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Ann Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Avon Center Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 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.<4>

While we didn't find Huckleberry Hills Trails in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Huckleberry Hills Trails.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Huckleberry Hills Trails, with the one closest to Huckleberry Hills Trails listed first.

  • Collinsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Unionville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • West Avon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • West Avon is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Avon
  • Canton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Burlington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Avon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Whigville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whigville is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
  • Canton Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Weatogue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Simsbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nepaug
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nepaug is located in Litchfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug
  • Pine Meadow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • New Hartford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Canton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • North Canton is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canton
    • Bakersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bakersville is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville

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

Newspapers Published in Huckleberry Hills Trails ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huckleberry Hills Trails.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huckleberry Hills Trails, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Huckleberry Hills Trails.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Huckleberry Hills Trails:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Huckleberry Hills Trails) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Huckleberry Hills Trails, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.