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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 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.
Lebanon is located in 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 Lebanon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lebanon:
- New London County (The home county of Lebanon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lebanon is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
- North Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
- Williams Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Crossing is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
- Liberty Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baltic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bozrah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Norwichtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwichtown is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown
- Colchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Marlborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Terramuggus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Terramuggus is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus
- Marlborough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marlborough is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,303 people
- Buckingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- East Glastonbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glastonbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glastonbury is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people
- Lydallville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lydallville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville
- Manchester Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester Green is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Addison is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- South Glastonbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glastonbury Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glastonbury Center is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Center
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Crowley Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- East Haddam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
- Moodus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Hampton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
- East Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Pocotopaug
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Little Haddam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam
- East Haddam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haddam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shailerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shailerville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shailerville
- Cobalt
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middle Haddam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Haven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madison is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
- North Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Madison is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Meriden
(30 miles [48.3 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 Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnerville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnerville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Conantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mansfield City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,480 people
- Atwoodville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
- Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coventry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- South Windham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willimantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Windham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Canterbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Chaplin
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Chaplin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Canterbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- State Line
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Wales
(29 miles [46.7 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
- South Factory Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village
- Suffolk County (NY)
- Fishers Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kent County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Greene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greene is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Rice City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rice City is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- Coventry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coventry is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
- Gortons Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- West Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Kitts Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Providence County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Foster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Foster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Simmons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
- Clayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clayville is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- West Glocester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Chopmist
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist
- Washington County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Moscow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hopkinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
- Hopkinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Canonchet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Lewis City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City
- Ashaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Westerly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Arcadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Hope Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Wyoming
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Westerly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westerly is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
- Austin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Avondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Washington County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lebanon, see our County-by-County Page for Lebanon.
Cemeteries Near Lebanon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lebanon.
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 Lebanon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lebanon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- Trumbull Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bozrah Rural Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozrah Rural Johnson Cemetery
- The Bozrah Rural Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bozrah Cemetery
- Bozrah Rural Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
- Throop Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103422 <2>
- Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pautipaug Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Windham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Exeter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Manes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Willimantic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scott Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (619 more) ...
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Palmertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Lebanon had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
- North Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Windham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Fitchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitchville is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willimantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Yantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turnerville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnerville is located in Tolland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Colchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Norwichtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwichtown is located in New London County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown
- Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scotland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lebanon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lebanon.
Newspapers Published in Lebanon ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lebanon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lebanon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lebanon:
- 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
- Hampden County
- Suffolk County
- Kent County
- Providence County
- Washington 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 Lebanon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lebanon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |