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 Bath (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 Bath. 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 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.
Bath is located in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Bath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bath:
- Grafton County (The home county of Bath)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Upper Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Upper Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Swiftwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Jockey Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Woodsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Landaff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Landaff is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Lisbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Boutin Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boutin Corner is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutin Corner
- North Haverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lyman is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sugar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Harts Location
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Notchland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Dalton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Carroll
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Whitefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Fabyan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Crawfords Purchase
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Beans Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Highlands
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highlands is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chandlers Purchase
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Jefferson Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Highland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Highland
- Starr King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starr King is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr King
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Ryegate Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- McIndoe Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Ryegate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- Groton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barnet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- Lower Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Passumpsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Passumpsic is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passumpsic
- South Peacham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Peacham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Groton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Groton is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
- Lakeside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Greenbank Hollow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow
- Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
- Greenbank Village
- Greenbanks
- South Danville
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- East Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Lunenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Damon Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Damon Crossing is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon Crossing
- Victory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Victory is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gallup Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- Granby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guildhall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Wells River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
- Newbury Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Newbury Center is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center
- South Newbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- West Newbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Corinth is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
- Topsham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Topsham is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Fairlee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Fairlee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Orleans County (VT)
- Greensboro Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Lanesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lanesboro is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- South Cabot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cabot
- Marshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marshfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,465 people
- Marshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plainfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
- Cabot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Cabot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Cabot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cabot
- Websterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barre is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- East Calais
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barre is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Graniteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bath, see our County-by-County Page for Bath.
Cemeteries Near Bath ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bath.
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 Bath - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bath covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Bath Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Swiftwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pettyboro District Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locke Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carbee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moulton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Horse Meadow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxbow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bath had a population of 625 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bath had a population of 1,107 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Swiftwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Woodsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wells River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Landaff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Landaff is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Lisbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- East Ryegate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ryegate
- North Haverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boltonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boltonville is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lyman is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sugar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McIndoe Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bath. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bath.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bath ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bath.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bath. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bath and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bath.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Bath.
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 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 Bath:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coos County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
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 Bath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bath) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |