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 Newent (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 Newent. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Newent 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 Newent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newent:
New London County (The home county of Newent)
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Lisbon (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lisbon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Jewett City (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Occum (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Occum is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Versailles (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Hanover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sprague (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sprague is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Population from the 2020 Census: 2,851 people
Taftville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Baltic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Griswold (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Griswold is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Preston (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Preston is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
Greenville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Greenville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Norwich (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Norwich is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
Norwichtown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Norwichtown is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Marlborough (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Terramuggus (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Terramuggus is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus Marlborough (24 miles [38.6 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
Lydallville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Buckingham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham East Glastonbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Glastonbury (27 miles [43.5 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
Manchester (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Addison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Addison is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Glastonbury Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Glastonbury Center is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Center Glastonbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Crowley Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner East Haddam (21 miles [33.8 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
Little Haddam (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam Moodus (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Johnsonville ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Johnsonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville Johnsonville has also been known as:
Johnsonville Village East Haddam (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
East Hampton (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lake Pocotopaug (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Chester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Deep River (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Essex (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Shailerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Shailerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shailerville Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Conantville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Conantville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Atwoodville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Mansfield Center (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Columbia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Amston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Columbia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Columbia is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
Gurleyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Mount Hope (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Turnerville ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Turnerville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville Coventry (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Canterbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Canterbury is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
Canterbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Plainfield Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Westminster (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Westminster is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Plainfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Scotland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Scotland is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
Scotland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ekonk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ekonk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Central Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
South Windham (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Windham (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Moosup (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Worcester County (MA)
Dudley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Suffolk County (NY)
Fishers Island (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Greene (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Rice City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Coventry (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner West Greenwich (19 miles [30.6 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Spring Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Coventry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Coventry is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Arkwright (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Arkwright is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Quidnick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Quidnick is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Shippee Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner East Greenwich (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Phenix (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Phenix is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Foster (19 miles [30.6 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
Simmons Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Clayville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Foster (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Rockland ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rockland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Chopmist (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Richmond ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Richmond is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Ashland ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Ashland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Kent ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Kent is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent West Glocester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester Scituate (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Scituate is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
Burrillville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Burrillville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrillville Population from the 2020 Census: 16,810 people
Chepachet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Chepachet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Washington County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Lewis City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Moscow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Moscow is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Hopkinton (15 miles [24.1 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Arcadia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Canonchet (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Hope Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Wyoming (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Ashaway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway Austin (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Austin is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Westerly (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Westerly is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly Alton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Alton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Bradford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bradford is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newent, see our County-by-County Page for Newent .
Cemeteries Near Newent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newent.
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 Newent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Ames Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Baldwin Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Sacred Heart Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Monhegan Tribal Memorial (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Long Society Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Manes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Old Uptown Burying Ground (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Old Norwichtown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Yantic Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantic Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Yantic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Norwich . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103847 <2>
Royal Monhegan Burial Ground (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hickory Street Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (748 more) ...
Hamilton Ave. Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fobes - Amos Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Leonard Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Newent in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newent.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newent, with the one closest to Newent listed first.
Versailles (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jewett City (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Taftville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hanover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Baltic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Norwichtown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Norwichtown is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown Greenville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Greenville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Preston (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Yantic (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Norwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Canterbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Franklin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Westminster (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Westminster is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Fitchville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Fitchville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville Thamesville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Thamesville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thamesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newent .
Newspapers Published in Newent ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newent, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Newent.
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 helpful 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 Newent:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to New London County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Middlesex County Tolland County Windham County Worcester County Suffolk County Kent County Providence County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newent. 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 . 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 Newent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.