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 Sprague (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 Sprague. 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 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.
Sprague 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 Sprague. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sprague:
New London County (The home county of Sprague)
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Baltic (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hanover (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Occum (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Occum is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Versailles (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lisbon (3 miles [4.8 km] 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
Taftville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Franklin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jewett City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Williams Crossing (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing North Franklin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Norwich (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 south)
Norwichtown is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Marlborough (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Terramuggus (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Terramuggus is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus Marlborough (21 miles [33.8 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Buckingham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham East Glastonbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Glastonbury (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Addison (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Addison is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Oxford Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Oxford Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Glastonbury Center (27 miles [43.5 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 Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Crowley Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner East Haddam (19 miles [30.6 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam Moodus (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Johnsonville ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 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 East Hampton (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Lake Pocotopaug (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug East Haddam (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Chester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Deep River (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Haddam (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Shailerville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Shailerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shailerville Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Conantville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Conantville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Mansfield Center (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Atwoodville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Columbia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Columbia (12 miles [19.3 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
Mansfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Amston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Mount Hope (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Turnerville ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Turnerville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville Coventry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Gurleyville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Scotland (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Scotland is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
Scotland (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Canterbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Canterbury is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
Westminster (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Westminster is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster South Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Windham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
Plainfield Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
North Windham (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Willimantic (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield (10 miles [16.1 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
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Holland (30 miles [48.3 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
State Line (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
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
Merino Village ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village Suffolk County (NY)
Fishers Island (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Greene (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Rice City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Coventry (20 miles [32.2 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner West Greenwich (22 miles [35.4 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Coventry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Coventry is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Spring Lake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Arkwright (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Arkwright is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Phenix (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Phenix is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Quidnick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Quidnick is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Shippee Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner West Warwick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
West Warwick is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Foster (21 miles [33.8 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Foster (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Clayville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Rockland ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Rockland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland 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 Chopmist (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Richmond ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Richmond is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Kent ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Kent is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Ashland ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ashland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Scituate (26 miles [41.8 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 (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 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 Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Lewis City (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Moscow (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Moscow is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Hopkinton (18 miles [29 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
Canonchet (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Hopkinton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Arcadia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Wyoming (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Ashaway (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway Hope Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Austin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Austin is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Westerly (21 miles [33.8 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
Westerly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Westerly is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly Alton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Alton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sprague, see our County-by-County Page for Sprague .
Cemeteries Near Sprague ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sprague.
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 Sprague - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sprague covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
St. Manes Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pautipaug Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Plains Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Ames Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Sacred Heart Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Palmertown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Baldwin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Scotland Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
New Scotland Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Old Norwichtown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Old Uptown Burying Ground (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Yantic Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
Continue List (693 more) ...
Monhegan Tribal Memorial (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bozrah Rural Johnson Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
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 Sprague in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sprague.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
Baltic (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hanover (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Versailles (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Franklin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Taftville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jewett City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Franklin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fitchville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Fitchville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville Yantic (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Norwichtown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Norwichtown is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwichtown Scotland (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Norwich (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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Greenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Greenville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Westminster (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Westminster is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sprague. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sprague .
Newspapers Published in Sprague ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sprague.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sprague, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Sprague.
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 Sprague:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to New London County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Middlesex County Tolland County Windham County Hampden 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 Sprague. 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 Sprague, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sprague) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.