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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 Box Corner (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 Box Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Box Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Box Corner: Box Cor. (or less commonly used: Box Crn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Box Corner is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Box Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Box Corner:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Box Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Mount Sunapee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Warner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lower Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Elkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Henniker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Sanbornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Allens Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winnisquam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Alstead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilsum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Lower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Eastview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Cold River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Grafton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- South Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Lockehaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Montcalm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lower Shaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Canaan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Street
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <1>
- Holton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Deering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Antrim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Deering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lempster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Lower Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fernwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georges Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Kelleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Unity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Acworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Rockingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saxtons River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Cambridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Ascutney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- North Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perkinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Box Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Box Corner.
Cemeteries Near Box Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Box Corner.
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 Box Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Box Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Bradford Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Presbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bagley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunny Plain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cooledge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooledge Cemetery
- The Cooledge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coolidge Cemetery
- Kimball Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Box Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Box Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Box Corner, with the one closest to Box Corner listed first.
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Washington is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Washington
- Mount Sunapee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Sutton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sutton
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lempster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- East Lempster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lempster
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- North Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- East Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Sunapee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Box Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Box Corner.
Newspapers Published in Box Corner ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Box Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Box Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Box Corner.
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 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 Box Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Sullivan County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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 Box Corner, 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 from Point A (ie- Box Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |