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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 North Branford (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 North Branford. 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.

Name Variations for North Branford ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Branford: N. Branford

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and 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.

North Branford is located in New Haven 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 Haven County: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield & Middlesex.

Below are the counties that are near North Branford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Branford:

  • New Haven County     (The home county of North Branford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • North Branford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • North Branford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,066 people
    • Totoket
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Totoket is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
    • Branford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Guilford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Guilford is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
    • Northford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Stony Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Branford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clintonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clintonville is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
    • Guilford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • Hemingway Town ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hemingway Town is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingway Town
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Shelton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Oronoque
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
    • Huntington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Huntington is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Shelton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Shelton is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
    • White Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • White Hills is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
    • Stratford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Stratford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • East Village is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • Nichols
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Nichols is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Stevenson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Monroe is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,328 people
  • Hartford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Milldale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Berlin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Berlin is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,390 people
    • Southington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Berlin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • East Berlin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Southington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Southington is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
    • Kensington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • New Britain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Hill is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,037 people
    • Taylor Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Taylor Town is located in Hartford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
  • Litchfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Greystone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Greystone is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
    • Oakville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pequabuck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Plymouth is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,552 people
    • Terryville Station
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
    • Watertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Watertown is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,517 people
    • Watertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Russian Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
    • Plymouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Terryville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hotchkissville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hotchkissville is located in Litchfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotchkissville
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Killingworth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Killingworth is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,340 people
    • Killingworth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Durham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Durham is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,137 people
    • Durham
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Little City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Little City is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
    • Clinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Clinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Middlefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Middlefield is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
    • Middlefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ponset
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponset is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponset
    • Chester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Chester is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,175 people
    • Deep River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Deep River is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,419 people
  • New London County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Hadlyme
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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 <1>
    • Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
    • Old Lyme
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sterling City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Sterling City is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
    • Westchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Westchester is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester
    • Old Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Old Lyme is located in New London County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
    • North Westchester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • South Lyme
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • East Lyme
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Tolland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Hebron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hebron is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,480 people
    • Amston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilead is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Hebron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Turnerville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Turnerville is located in Tolland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
  • Suffolk County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.
    • Luce Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing
    • Peconic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Baiting Hollow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Northville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Northville is located in Suffolk County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
    • Southold
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shoreham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wading River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cutchogue
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mattituck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near North Branford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Branford.

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 North Branford - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.

  • Mill Plain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bare Plain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Branford Center Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Damascus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Northford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • West Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nut Plains Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (444 more) ...
    • Alderbrook Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Montowese Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Greenlawn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Branford had a population of 425 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from North Branford, with the one closest to North Branford listed first.

  • Totoket
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Totoket is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
  • North Guilford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Guilford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guilford
  • Branford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Northford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pine Orchard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
  • Stony Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
  • Leetes Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leetes Island is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetes Island
  • Guilford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clintonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clintonville is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
  • Montowese
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Montowese is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese
  • East Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Short Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Short Beach is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sachem Head
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sachem Head is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Head
    • North Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven

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

Newspapers Published in North Branford ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Branford.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Branford, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Branford.

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 websites either 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 North Branford:

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>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 North Branford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Branford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.