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 Brookhurst (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 Brookhurst. 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.
Brookhurst is located in Belknap 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 Belknap County: Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Brookhurst. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookhurst:
- Belknap County (The home county of Brookhurst)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- West Alton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Alton Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Samoset
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilmanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Laconia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fernald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Stockbridge Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Federal Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Tuftonboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Melvin Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Water Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bridgewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Plymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waterville Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Campton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Lower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Upper Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Loudon Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Pittsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Websters Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Northfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Loudon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chichester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Epsom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Canterbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Horse Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- James City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Nottingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Candia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- New Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Middleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Dexter Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- North Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Strafford Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Bow Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- East Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Acton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Stevens Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- North Shapleigh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- South Effingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- West Newfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shapleigh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sprague City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- Newfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parsonsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ross Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookhurst, see our County-by-County Page for Brookhurst.
Cemeteries Near Brookhurst ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookhurst.
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 Brookhurst - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookhurst covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- West Alton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alton Bay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickering Plot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Wolfeboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnstead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Second Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hersey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swetts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Smith Meeting House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lamprey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Brookhurst in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookhurst.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookhurst, with the one closest to Brookhurst listed first.
- Mount Major
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Major is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Major
- Alton Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Alton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- South Wolfeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfeboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shore Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Shore Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Park
- New Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mirror Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Davis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Fernald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookhurst. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookhurst.
Newspapers Published in Brookhurst ...
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 Brookhurst.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookhurst, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookhurst.
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 Brookhurst:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Belknap County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Oxford County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Brookhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Brookhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |