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 Voluntown (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 Voluntown. 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 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.
Voluntown 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 Voluntown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Voluntown:
New London County (The home county of Voluntown)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Voluntown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glasgo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Jewett City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
North Stonington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
North Stonington is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
Preston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Mashantucket (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Preston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Preston is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
Lisbon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Lisbon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
North Stonington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Versailles (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Hallville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Hallville is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Crowley Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner East Haddam (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
East Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Conantville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Conantville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Atwoodville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Mansfield Center (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Mansfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mount Hope (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Gurleyville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Columbia (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Eagleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Storrs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Amston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Ekonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ekonk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Oneco (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Plainfield is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Sterling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Sterling is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Plainfield Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Almyville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Almyville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Moosup (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Central Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Canterbury (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
Bristol County (MA)
Seekonk (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Suffolk County (NY)
Fishers Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bristol County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Annawomscutt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Bristol (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Barrington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Bristol (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Warren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Greene (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Rice City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City West Greenwich (10 miles [16.1 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
Gortons Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Kitts Corner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Coventry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Spring Lake (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Coventry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Shippee Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner East Greenwich (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Arkwright (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Arkwright is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Quidnick (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Quidnick is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Newport County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Jamestown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Clarks Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Jamestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Jamestown is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Brenton Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Prudence Island (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Lawtons (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Lawtons is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Newport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Newport is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Melville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Middletown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Newport East is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Portsmouth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Foster (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Clayville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Simmons Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Richmond ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Richmond is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Kent ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kent is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Rockland ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rockland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Ashland ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Ashland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Chopmist (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Foster (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Scituate (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Scituate is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
North Scituate (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
North Scituate is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Oaklawn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Washington County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Lewis City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Moscow (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Moscow is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Arcadia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Hope Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Hopkinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
Hopkinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Canonchet (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Wyoming (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Austin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Austin is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Richmond (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Richmond is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
Ashaway (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Ashaway is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway Alton (11 miles [17.7 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 Voluntown, see our County-by-County Page for Voluntown .
Cemeteries Near Voluntown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Voluntown.
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 Voluntown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Voluntown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Potter Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Robbins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Kennedy Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Old Kinne Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Douglas Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Locke Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kinne Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Gallup Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Barber Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Crandall Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Brainard Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Richmond Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (742 more) ...
Perkins Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Henry Barber Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Palmer Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Voluntown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Voluntown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Voluntown, with the one closest to Voluntown listed first.
Voluntown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glasgo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Escoheag (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Escoheag is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escoheag Ekonk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ekonk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Rockville is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Laurel Glen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Laurel Glen is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Glen Hope Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Arcadia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Arcadia is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Oneco (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Jewett City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Preston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Falls (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Clarks Falls is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Falls Continue List (14 more) ...
Hopkinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hopkinton is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Canonchet (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Canonchet is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet Wyoming (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Wyoming is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Voluntown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Voluntown .
Newspapers Published in Voluntown ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Voluntown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Voluntown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Voluntown.
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 helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Voluntown:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to New London County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Middlesex County Tolland County Windham County Bristol County Suffolk County Bristol County Kent County Newport County Providence County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Voluntown. 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. 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 Voluntown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Voluntown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.