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 Camp Spruce 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 Camp Spruce 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.
Name Variations for Camp Spruce Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Spruce Hill: Cp. Spruce Hill
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Camp Spruce Hill 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 Camp Spruce Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Spruce Hill:
- Hampden County (The home county of Camp Spruce Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Tolland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- West Granville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- Granville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Blandford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blandford is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- North Blandford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Blandford is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford
- Southwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Southwick is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
- Russell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
- Woronoco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woronoco is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco
- Hosmer Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner
- Westfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
- Montgomery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chester is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
- Berkshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Sandisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
- South Sandisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
- East Otis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis
- Otis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- New Marlborough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
- Southfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- North Otis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Otis
- Monterey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Mill River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Hartsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
- Southampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Southampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
- Middlefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Middlefield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Westhampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westhampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Worthington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Easthampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
- West Farms
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Farms is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms
- Chesterfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- West Chesterfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield
- Worthington Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners
- Bay State
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bay State is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State
- Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leeds is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- West Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
- Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- East Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Granby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granby is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,558 people
- West Granby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canton
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,230 people
- Chatsworth Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Village is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Village
- Granby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salmon Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salmon Brook is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Brook
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,396 people
- North Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook
- Riverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barkhamsted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
- Winsted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Barkhamsted
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hampsted
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hampsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted
- Grantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Norfolk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norfolk is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
- Norfolk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Wolcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wolcott is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
- Wolcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Somersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Somers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Windermere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Windermere is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
- Ellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellington is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
- Ellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Columbia County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Copake Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weed Mines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Green River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green River is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Copake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Austerlitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ancramdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Copake Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Craryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Millerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spencer Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Irondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Amenia Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Leedsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Amenia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Spruce Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Spruce Hill.
Cemeteries Near Camp Spruce Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Spruce 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 Camp Spruce Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camp Spruce Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- South Quarter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dubois Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tolland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Hartland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colebrook River Burying Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old North Road Burying Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Montville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barkhampsted Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Camp Spruce Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Spruce Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Spruce Hill, with the one closest to Camp Spruce Hill listed first.
- Tolland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- West Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook
- Robertsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robertsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- West Granville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- New Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Boston is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Colebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Brook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Sandisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
- South Sandisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
- Winsted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Spruce Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Spruce Hill.
Newspapers Published in Camp Spruce 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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Spruce Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Spruce Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Spruce Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Camp Spruce Hill:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Hampden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkshire County
- Hampshire County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- New Haven County
- Tolland County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess 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> | 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 Camp Spruce Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Spruce Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |