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 Blanchardville (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 Blanchardville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Blanchardville is located in Hampden County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hampden County: Hartford (CT), Litchfield (CT), Tolland (CT), Berkshire, Hampshire & Worcester.
Below are the counties that are near Blanchardville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blanchardville:
- Hampden County (The home county of Blanchardville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Tenneyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tenneyville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville
- Palmer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- West Brimfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Thorndike
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- Three Rivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Monson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- South Factory Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wales is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
- North Wilbraham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
- Wilbraham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbraham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,670 people
- Hampden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hampden is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Smiths ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smiths is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Shutesbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Cooleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Millington ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Leverett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leverett is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
- New Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Locks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- Moores Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Moores Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Corner
- Sunderland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
- Whately
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whately is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
- Morse Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- South Deerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Deerfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Bondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Ware
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Belchertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Granby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
- South Hadley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
- South Amherst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Pelham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- East Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Mount Tom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom
- West Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- Amherst Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- West Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
- Fiskdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fiskdale is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale
- Old Sturbridge Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Sturbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sturbridge is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
- Brookfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
- Gilbertville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Globe Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Globe Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
- Greenwich ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- East Brookfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,196 people
- New Braintree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Braintree is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Hazardville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazardville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
- Sherwood Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
- Enfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enfield is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
- Enfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southwood Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Southwood Acres is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Acres
- Thompsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Mill Pond Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Broad Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Windsor is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
- Suffield Depot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Suffield Depot is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Depot
- Suffield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warehouse Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warehouse Point is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warehouse Point
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- State Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Staffordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
- Stafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stafford Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Somers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Somersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Ellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellington is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westford is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- West Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Woodstock is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- Woodstock Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ashford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ashford is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
- Quinebaug
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,834 people
- Warrenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Warrenville is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville
- West Ashford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Ashford is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford
- East Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastford is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
- Eastford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fabyan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Providence County (RI)
- West Glocester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blanchardville, see our County-by-County Page for Blanchardville.
Cemeteries Near Blanchardville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blanchardville.
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 Blanchardville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blanchardville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Monson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91098 <2>
- Hillside Elementary School Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Main Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethany RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany RC Cemetery
- The Bethany RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethany Cemetery
- Bethany Road Cemetery
- Pearl Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394703 <2>
- Grouts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Main Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- East Wilbraham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Blanchardville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blanchardville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blanchardville, with the one closest to Blanchardville listed first.
- North Monson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Monson
- Palmer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- Monson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
- South Monson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monson
- Thorndike
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- West Brimfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Three Rivers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Whipples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whipples is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipples
- Bondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- West Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Red Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Bridge is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wilbraham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbraham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,670 people
- Wales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wales is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
- North Wilbraham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blanchardville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blanchardville.
Newspapers Published in Blanchardville ...
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 167 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanchardville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blanchardville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blanchardville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Blanchardville:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Hampden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Worcester County
- Hartford County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Providence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blanchardville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Blanchardville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |