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 Bucks 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 Bucks 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 Bucks 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Bucks Corner: Bucks Cor. (or less commonly used: Bucks Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Bucks Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bucks Corner may originally have been Buck's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bucks Corner might be written as Buck Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bucks Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bucks Corner.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Bucks Corner 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 Bucks Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bucks Corner:
- Grafton County (The home county of Bucks Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Dorchester
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- North Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Groton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
- North Dorchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorchester
- Cheever
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheever is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- West Rumney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rumney is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
- Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Canaan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wentworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rumney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- New Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Meredith
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gaza
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Center Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sanbornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Winnisquam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Laconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Chicks Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Big Rock Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Moultonborough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- North Sandwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whiteface
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whiteface is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Danbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hill Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Wilmot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- West Andover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Potter Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- East Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Blodgett Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- North Grantham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Grantham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Meriden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Georges Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Croydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Fernwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Lower Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Plainfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Ely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Fairlee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thetford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Fairlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Post Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- South Strafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Newbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Pompanoosuc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Norwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wilder
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White River Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- North Hartland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Quechee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bucks Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Bucks Corner.
Cemeteries Near Bucks Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bucks 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 Bucks Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bucks Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- North Groton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Common Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pratt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pitman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Linfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whittemores Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Burns Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- George Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Bucks Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bucks Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bucks Corner, with the one closest to Bucks Corner listed first.
- Dorchester
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- North Dorchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorchester
- North Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Groton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
- Cheever
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheever is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
- Canaan Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Canaan Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Canaan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Rumney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rumney is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rumney Depot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rumney Depot is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumney Depot
- Rumney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wentworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Canaan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Canaan is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canaan
- East Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Hebron is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hebron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bucks Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bucks Corner.
Newspapers Published in Bucks 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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bucks Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bucks Corner, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bucks Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bucks Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Orange County
- Windsor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bucks Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bucks Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |