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 Varnumtown (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 Varnumtown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Varnumtown is located in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County : Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Worcester & Hillsborough (NH) .
Below are the counties that are near Varnumtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Varnumtown:
Middlesex County (The home county of Varnumtown)
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Collinsville (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Collinsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Tyngsbororough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
Middlesex Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village North Chelmsford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford Dracut (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dracut is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
Princeton Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village Lowell (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lowell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
Ayres City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ayres City is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City Dunstable (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dunstable is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
Chelmsford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
North Billerica (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
North Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica Tewksbury (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
Westford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Westford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Population from the 2020 Census: 25,276 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Haggetts (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Lawrence (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Lawrence is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
Methuen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Methuen is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
Tozier Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Tozier Corner is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner West Andover (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
West Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover Andover (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
North Andover (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
North Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
Shawsheen Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village Ayers Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Ayers Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village Lowell Junction (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Ward Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ward Hill is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill Bradford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bradford is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Haverhill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Haverhill is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Wellesley Farms (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Babson Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Brookline Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Needham Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Westbrook Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Franklin Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Allston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Brighton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Charlestown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Chelsea (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Revere (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Bay Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Boston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Jamaica Plain (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Winthrop (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Highland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Roxbury (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Shaker Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harvard (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Lunenburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lunenburg is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
Still River (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Lunenburg Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station Bolton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
North Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Lancaster (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
Leominster (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Leominster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
South Fitchburg (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg Fitchburg (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Fitchburg is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
Seventh Day Adventist Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
South Lancaster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
South Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Pelham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hudson (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
Nashua (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
Hollis Depot (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Litchfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack Hollis (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
East Merrimack (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack Merrimack (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry East Milford (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford Brookline (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Milford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 16,515 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
Merrimack County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
South Hooksett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett Martin (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Martin is located in Merrimack County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Hooksett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Suncook (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bow is located in Merrimack County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <1>
Pembroke (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dunbarton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Windham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,865 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <1>
Salem (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Londonderry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
North Salem (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Derry (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Derry is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Population from the 2020 Census: 33,442 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
Derry Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Derry Village is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village Hubbard (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Wilson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Wilson is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Atkinson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hampstead (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Westville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Plaistow (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Varnumtown, see our County-by-County Page for Varnumtown .
Cemeteries Near Varnumtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Varnumtown.
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 Varnumtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Varnumtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Gould Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Oak Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Gumpas Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Sherburne Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
New Boston Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Israel Brotherhood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
St. Casimirs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Gibson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hamblett Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblett Cemetery The Hamblett Cemetery has also been known as:
Garrison House Burial Ground Little Burial Ground Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #LOW.807 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91050 <3>
Atwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Flint Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverside Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (573 more) ...
Woodbine Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hildreth Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hildreth Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildreth Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hildreth Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lowell . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91080 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Varnumtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Varnumtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Varnumtown, with the one closest to Varnumtown listed first.
Collinsville (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Collinsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Pelham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Tyngsbororough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
North Chelmsford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford Middlesex Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village Dracut (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dracut is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
Lowell (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lowell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
Hudson Center (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Hudson Center is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Center Hudson (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
Dunstable (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Dunstable is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
West Chelmsford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
West Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chelmsford Bleachery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bleachery is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleachery Continue List (16 more) ...
West Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
West Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windham Nashua (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
Chelmsford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Varnumtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Varnumtown .
Newspapers Published in Varnumtown ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Varnumtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Varnumtown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Varnumtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Varnumtown:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Essex County Norfolk County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Merrimack County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Varnumtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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 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 . 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 Varnumtown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Varnumtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.