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 Willington 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 Willington 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 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.
Willington Hill is located in Tolland 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 Tolland County : Hartford , New London , Windham , Hampden (MA) & Worcester (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Willington Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willington Hill:
Tolland County (The home county of Willington Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Willington (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Willington (Less than 2 miles to the east)
East Willington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington South Willington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Tolland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Tolland is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
Storrs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Gurleyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Stafford Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Mount Hope (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Mansfield Depot (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Tolland (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Crystal Lake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Eagleville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Lydallville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Manchester (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Broad Brook (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Mill Pond Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village Windsorville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Manchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Manchester is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
East Windsor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
East Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
South Windsor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Wapping (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Enfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Enfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
Hazardville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Lake Pocotopaug (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug East Hampton (24 miles [38.6 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Portland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Cobalt (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Middle Haddam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Crowley Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner Moodus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Cromwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Cromwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
East Haddam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
East Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Liberty Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Lebanon (16 miles [25.7 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 (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Williams Crossing (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing North Franklin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Franklin (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hanover (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Sprague (19 miles [30.6 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
Colchester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Gilman (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Baltic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Ashford (4 miles [6.4 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 (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Warrenville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Westford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Ashford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Eastford (8 miles [12.9 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
Chaplin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Eastford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Chaplin (9 miles [14.5 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
Woodstock Valley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
North Windham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Willimantic (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
State Line (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Wales (13 miles [20.9 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
Holland (14 miles [22.5 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
South Factory Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Monson (15 miles [24.1 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
Baptist Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village Hampden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Brimfield (17 miles [27.4 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
East Longmeadow (18 miles [29 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
Palmer (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Palmer is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
Tenneyville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Tenneyville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville Wilbraham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Wilbraham is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbraham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,670 people
Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Bondsville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Ware (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ware is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
Belchertown (28 miles [45.1 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
Granby (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
Enfield ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Enfield is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield South Hadley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Fiskdale (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Globe Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Old Sturbridge Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Southbridge (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Sturbridge (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
Dudley (20 miles [32.2 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
Tufts Village ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Tufts Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tufts Village Merino Village ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village Warren (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
Charlton City (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Charlton City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton City Charlton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Charlton is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,698 people
Webster (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Webster is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Population from the 2020 Census: 16,822 people
Webster has also been known as:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Rice City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Greene (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
West Glocester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester Foster (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster 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 Burrillville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Burrillville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrillville Population from the 2020 Census: 16,810 people
Pascoag (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pascoag is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascoag Chepachet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Chepachet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Chopmist (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Clayville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Harrisville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Harrisville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willington Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Willington Hill .
Cemeteries Near Willington Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willington 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 Willington Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willington Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Moose Meadow Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Gurley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Old Storrs Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Wormwood Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Westford Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Skungamaug Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Tolland Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Snow Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Warrenville Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Westford Village Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Swamp Burying Ground (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Hillside Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (538 more) ...
Mt. Hope Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Russ Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ward Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Willington Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willington Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willington Hill, with the one closest to Willington Hill listed first.
Willington (Less than 2 miles to the north)
East Willington (Less than 2 miles to the east)
East Willington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington South Willington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
West Willington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Willington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Willington Merrow (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Merrow is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrow Storrs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Gurleyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville West Ashford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Mansfield Depot (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Stafford Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Mount Hope (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Warrenville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Continue List (16 more) ...
Westford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Tolland (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Eagleville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Willington Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willington Hill .
Newspapers Published in Willington 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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willington Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willington Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Willington 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 Willington Hill:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Tolland County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Middlesex County New London County Windham County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Kent County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willington 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 Willington Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Willington Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.