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 Southwood Acres (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 Southwood Acres. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Southwood Acres 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 Southwood Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southwood Acres:
Hartford County (The home county of Southwood Acres)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Enfield (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Enfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
Enfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hazardville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Thompsonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Sherwood Manor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor Broad Brook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Windsor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
Mill Pond Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village Spring Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Spring Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village Warehouse Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point Green Manor Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Green Manor Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Manor Village Suffield Depot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Suffield Depot is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Depot Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Hampsted (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Barkhamsted (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
Puddle Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town New Hartford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Pine Meadow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Pleasant Valley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Browns Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner Riverton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Nepaug (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug New Hartford (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Torrington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Cromwell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cromwell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Lake Pocotopaug (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Portland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
East Hampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Portland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Cobalt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
East Hampton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Middle Haddam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Middletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Liberty Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill North Westchester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lebanon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Westchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester Colchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing North Franklin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Somersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Somers (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Somers is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
Somers (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Ellington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ellington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
Ellington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Windermere (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Rockville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Crystal Lake (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Quarryville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Vernon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Vernon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Tolland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Westford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Ashford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
West Ashford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Warrenville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Ashford (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Eastford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
Eastford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Woodstock Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chaplin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Willimantic (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
North Windham (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
East Otis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
East Otis is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis Franklin County (MA)
Smiths ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Smiths is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Longmeadow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Agawam (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
Baptist Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village East Longmeadow (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Feeding Hills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills Merrick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Merrick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick Springfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
West Springfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
West Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
Hampden (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Hosmer Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Chicopee (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Chicopee is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
Southwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Granby (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
South Hadley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Bondsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Southampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Southampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
Easthampton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Easthampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
Mount Tom (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom Belchertown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Belchertown is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
Huntington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Huntington is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
Bay State (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bay State is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State Northampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Northampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
West Farms (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
West Farms is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms Westhampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Westhampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhampton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
West Warren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren Fiskdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Warren (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
Sturbridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
Globe Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
West Brookfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Brookfield is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
Brookfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Brookfield is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
Gilbertville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Gilbertville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville Greenwich ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southwood Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Southwood Acres .
Cemeteries Near Southwood Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southwood Acres.
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 Southwood Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southwood Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
St. Patrick Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patrick Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> Enfield . The St. Patrick Cemetery has also been known as:
New St. Patricks Cemetery St. Patrick / King Street Cemetery St. Patricks Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103683 <3>
Enfield Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
King Street Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
North End Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Springdale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Thompsonville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. Bernard's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard's Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Hazardville . Woodlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Scantic Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Catherines Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (460 more) ...
Suffield Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Town Street Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Catherines Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Southwood Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southwood Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southwood Acres, with the one closest to Southwood Acres listed first.
Warehouse Point Station (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Thompsonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Thompsonville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Hazardville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Enfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Warehouse Point (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point Broad Brook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Melrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Scitico (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Scitico is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scitico Windsor Locks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Somersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Suffield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Hayden (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hayden is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Continue List (14 more) ...
Windsorville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Longmeadow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Rainbow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Rainbow is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southwood Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southwood Acres .
Newspapers Published in Southwood Acres ...
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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Southwood Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southwood Acres, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Southwood Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Southwood Acres:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Hartford County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County Middlesex County New London County Tolland County Windham County Berkshire County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southwood Acres. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southwood Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Southwood Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.