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 Bowkerville (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 Bowkerville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Bowkerville is located in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Bowkerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowkerville:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Bowkerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Troy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Swanzey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jaffrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rindge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bonds Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- West Swanzey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- West Peterborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Peterborough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- North Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Hancock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Temple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elmwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- New Ipswich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Bennington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Antrim Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Acworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Langdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Lempster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Acworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Mayo Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- North Orange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Warwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Northfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Orange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- West Northfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Wendell Depot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Erving
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Erving is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Mount Hermon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Gill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
- Morse Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Bernardston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Ashby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- West Townsend
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Old City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Townsend Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Pepperell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- West Groton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Royalston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Waterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Winchendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Pequoig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Athol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Athol is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Baldwinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Lane Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Brooks Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- East Templeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Phillipston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Phillipston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Ashburnham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- South Ashburnham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- South Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Brattleboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Guilford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dummerston
- Putney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- West Brattleboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brattleboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
- Dummerston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummerston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Guilford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,102 people
- West Dummerston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowkerville, see our County-by-County Page for Bowkerville.
Cemeteries Near Bowkerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowkerville.
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 Bowkerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowkerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Troy.
- The Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Troy Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189641 <2>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meetinghouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hannah Davis - Amos Fortune Graves
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Middletown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cutler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graniteville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Robbins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Bowkerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowkerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowkerville, with the one closest to Bowkerville listed first.
- Troy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Swanzey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- North Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Richmond is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Richmond
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marlborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- State Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- West Rindge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rindge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Keene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Keene is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Keene
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chesham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chesham is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowkerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowkerville.
Newspapers Published in Bowkerville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowkerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowkerville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowkerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Bowkerville:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester County
- Windham 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 Bowkerville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowkerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |