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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 Albany (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 Albany. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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.

Albany is located in Carroll County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.

Below are the counties that are near Albany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Albany:

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Albany)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Passaconaway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
    • Ferncroft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
    • Wonalancet
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wonalancet is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonalancet
    • Chocorua
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Conway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hale's Location
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Tamworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Madison
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartlett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Whittier
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Whittier is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
    • Whiteface
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Whiteface is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Center Harbor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Meredith
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Glendale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Interlaken Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Samoset
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Spring Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Gilford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
    • Cutts Grant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
    • Sargents Purchase
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
    • Beans Grant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Beans Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
    • Pinkhams Grant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
    • Chandlers Purchase
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
    • Crawfords Purchase
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
    • Glen House
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Glen House is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
    • Fabyan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fabyan is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
    • Beans Purchase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
    • Greens Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Greens Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
    • Thompson and Meserves Purchase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Village of Loon Mountain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Campton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • North Woodstock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Woodstock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Holderness
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellsworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Ellsworth is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Plymouth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • West Bridgton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
    • West Baldwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
    • Bridgton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgton <1>
    • Sandy Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • South Bridgton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
    • Baldwin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • North Bridgton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Sebago
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <1>
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Fryeburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Merrill Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Brownfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fryeburg Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
    • North Fryeburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
    • East Brownfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
    • Stow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Stow is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stow <1>
    • East Fryeburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
    • Porter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
    • Kezar Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
    • Lovell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lovell is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <1>
    • Denmark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denmark <1>
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • North Parsonsfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • South Effingham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
    • Cornish
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • East Parsonsfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
    • Stevens Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • Mee Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
    • West Newfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Limerick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Newfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Albany, see our County-by-County Page for Albany.

Cemeteries Near Albany ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albany.

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 Albany - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Albany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.

  • Albany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chocorua Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevenson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Garland Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ridge Cemetery
    • The Garland Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bartlett Village Cemetery
    • Bartlett Village Cemetery
    • Rogers Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #227851 <2>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Potter Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Center Conway Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Elm Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (220 more) ...
    • Little Pond Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Linscott Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mason Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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 Albany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Albany.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.

  • Chocorua
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tamworth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Silver Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Conway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bartlett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • South Tamworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Tamworth is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tamworth
  • Sawyers River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
  • Redstone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Redstone is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • North Conway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • North Sandwich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West Ossipee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Center Conway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Kearsarge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
    • Intervale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Intervale is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Albany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albany.

Newspapers Published in Albany ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Albany, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Albany.

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 helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Albany:

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>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 Albany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Albany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.