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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 Alstead (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 Alstead. 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 hospitals and 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.

Alstead is located in Cheshire County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).

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

  • Cheshire County     (The home county of Alstead)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alstead, with the one closest to Alstead listed first.
    • Alstead Center
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Drewsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold River
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cold River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
      • Cold River is located in Cheshire County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cold River
      • From Alstead to Cold River
    • Walpole
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marlow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Marlow is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Gilsum
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilsum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsum
      • Gilsum is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilsum <2>
    • Lower Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
      • Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
    • Surry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sullivan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoddard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoddard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
      • Stoddard is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoddard <2>
    • Westmoreland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mill Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
      • Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
    • Keene
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alstead, with the one closest to Alstead listed first.
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Hillsboro Upper Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • North Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Antrim Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Clinton Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
      • Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Hillsboro Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillsboro Lower Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Antrim
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
      • Antrim is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,682 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antrim <2>
    • Hancock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Holton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
      • Holton is located in Hillsborough County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Holton
      • From Alstead to Holton
    • Elmwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
      • Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elmwood
      • From Alstead to Elmwood
    • Bennington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Bennington is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bennington <2>
  • Merrimack County
  • Sullivan County
  • Franklin County (MA)
    • West Northfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alstead, with the one closest to Alstead listed first.
    • Landgrove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
      • Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Landgrove Town Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landgrove Town Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
      • Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
    • Peru
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Peru is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Winhall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winhall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
      • Winhall is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
    • Bromley Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bromley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
      • Bromley Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alstead, with the one closest to Alstead listed first.
    • Healdville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healdville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
      • Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Healdville
      • From Alstead to Healdville
    • Mount Holly
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
  • Windham County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alstead, with the one closest to Alstead listed first.
    • Bellows Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellows Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellows Falls
      • Bellows Falls is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,967 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellows Falls <2>
    • North Westminster
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
      • North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
    • Rockingham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Westminster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <2>
    • Rockingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
      • Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
    • Saxtons River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Brockways Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Westminster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
    • Cambridgeport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Westminster West
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Athens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Athens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
      • Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
    • Grafton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Windsor County (VT)

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

Cemeteries Near Alstead ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alstead.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Alstead had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Alstead had a population of 1,951 people.

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

  • Langdon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Drewsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alstead Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cold River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cold River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
    • Cold River is located in Cheshire County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cold River
    • From Alstead to Cold River
  • Bellows Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellows Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellows Falls
    • Bellows Falls is located in Windham County (VT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellows Falls <2>
  • East Alstead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Alstead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
    • East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
  • South Acworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Westminster Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Station
    • Westminster Station is located in Windham County (VT)
  • Walpole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Acworth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockingham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Westminster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <2>
    • East Acworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Acworth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acworth
      • East Acworth is located in Sullivan County
    • Saxtons River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Alstead ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alstead.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alstead, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alstead.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Alstead:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alstead. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cheshire County: www.co.cheshire.nh.us/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<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 Alstead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Alstead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1496, Longitude: -72.3616    









 

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