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 Village Hill (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 Village Hill. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Village Hill 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 Village Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Village Hill:
New London County (The home county of Village Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Liberty Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Lebanon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Lebanon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing North Franklin (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Franklin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Gilman (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Franklin (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Colchester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Hanover (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Baltic (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Sprague (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Sprague is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Population from the 2020 Census: 2,851 people
Bozrah (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Marlborough (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Terramuggus (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Terramuggus is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus Marlborough (13 miles [20.9 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Manchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Buckingham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham East Glastonbury (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Glastonbury (15 miles [24.1 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 (16 miles [25.7 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
Addison (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Addison is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison Oxford Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Oxford Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Forbes Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Forbes Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Village Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Crowley Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner East Hampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
East Hampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Lake Pocotopaug (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug East Haddam (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
East Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
Moodus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Johnsonville ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 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 Little Haddam (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam Cobalt (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Middle Haddam (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
East Haddam (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Shailerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Shailerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shailerville Portland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
North Madison (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
North Madison is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison Meriden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Columbia (3 miles [4.8 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
Columbia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Conantville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Conantville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Mansfield City (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Mansfield Center (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry Amston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Turnerville ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Turnerville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville Hebron (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Atwoodville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Andover (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Andover is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 3,228 people
Andover (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Willimantic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
South Windham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Windham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Windham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
North Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Scotland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Scotland is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
Scotland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Chaplin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Westminster (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Westminster is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Hampton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hampton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
Hampton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Canterbury (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Canterbury is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
State Line (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Holland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
Wales (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wales is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
Hampden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
South Factory Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Baptist Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village Monson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Monson is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
East Longmeadow (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Brimfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Brimfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
Longmeadow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Globe Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Dudley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Fiskdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Greene (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Rice City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Coventry (28 miles [45.1 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Foster (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Simmons Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Foster (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster West Glocester (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester Clayville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Chopmist (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Rockland ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Washington County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Lewis City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Moscow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Moscow is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Hopkinton (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Arcadia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Ashaway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway Canonchet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Hope Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Westerly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Westerly is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly Austin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Austin is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Wyoming (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Westerly (30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Village Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Village Hill .
Cemeteries Near Village Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Village Hill.
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 Village Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Village Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Liberty Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Trumbull Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Windham Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
St. Joseph Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Columbia Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
New Willimantic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
New Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Goshen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Utley Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
St. Peters Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Palmertown Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
North Windham Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (630 more) ...
Nathan Hale Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Hillside Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Andover Road Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Village Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Village Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Village Hill, with the one closest to Village Hill listed first.
Liberty Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Willimantic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Lebanon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
South Windham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Columbia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Windham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Franklin (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mansfield City (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Hebron (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Turnerville ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Turnerville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Coventry (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry Continue List (18 more) ...
North Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Mansfield Center (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eagleville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Village Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Village Hill .
Newspapers Published in Village Hill ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Village Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Village Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Village Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Village Hill:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to New London County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Middlesex County New Haven County Tolland County Windham County Hampden County Worcester 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 Village Hill. 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 Village Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Village Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.