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A visit to the Pickering Plot ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Pickering Plot ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pickering Plot can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pickering Plot

Lat:   43.4234°   (43° 25' 24")

Lon:   -71.2898°   (-71° 17' 23")

The Pickering Plot is located in Belknap County<2>.

The county seat for Belknap County is located in Laconia. Laconia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of the Pickering Plot .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Pickering Plot.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pickering Plot, with the nearest first.

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Belknap County
  • Barnstead Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnstead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnstead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barnstead Cemetery is located in Belknap County
  • Second Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Second Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Second Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Second Cemetery is located in Belknap County
  • Smith Meeting House Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Meeting House Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Meeting House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Meeting House Cemetery is located in Belknap County
  • Alton Bay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Bay Cemetery
    • The Alton Bay Cemetery is located in Belknap County
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Barnstead Centre Graveyard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Blake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blake Cemetery
    • The Blake Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
  • Hodgdon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Barnstead Parade Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jonathan Perkins Gravesite
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buzzell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buzzell Cemetery
    • The Buzzell Cemetery is located in Belknap County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Buzzell Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Allens Mills.
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
    • Floral Park Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floral Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floral Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Floral Park Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
    • Jonathan Emerson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pitman Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitman Family Cemetery
      • The Pitman Family Cemetery is located in Belknap County
    • West Alton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Alton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Alton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Alton Cemetery is located in Belknap County
    • Lamprey Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamprey Cemetery
      • The Lamprey Cemetery is located in Belknap County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamprey Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Laconia.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976450 <5>
    • Floral Park Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floral Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floral Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Floral Park Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
    • Berry Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berry Cemetery
      • The Berry Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
    • Tilton Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilton Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tilton Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tilton Hill Cemetery is located in Merrimack County
    • South Barnstead Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Babb - Foss Graveyard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babb - Foss Graveyard
      • The Babb - Foss Graveyard is located in Strafford County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pickering Plot.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pickering Plot, with the nearest first.

  • Lower Gilmanton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lower Gilmanton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
    • Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
  • Alton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Alton is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <7>
  • Alton Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • New Durham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gilmanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dexter Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
    • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
  • Davis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Davis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Davis is located in Strafford County
  • Loudon Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loudon Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
    • Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
  • Pittsfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Strafford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • West Alton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • West Alton is located in Belknap County
  • Allens Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
    • Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Belmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Spring Haven
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Haven. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
    • Shaker Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
      • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
    • Samoset
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
    • Websters Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Websters Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
      • Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
    • Farmington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • South Wolfeboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
      • South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
    • Wolfeboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Laconia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glendale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
    • Wolfeboro Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Winnisquam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winnisquam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnisquam
      • Winnisquam is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnisquam <7>
    • Gardners Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gardners Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
      • Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Pickering Plot. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Belknap County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pickering Plot.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Pickering Plot:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Pickering Plot:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1915137  (Pickering Lot)
    • Note: GNIS record #1915137 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Gilmanton Ironworks
    • County: Belknap         Elev: 238
    • Location given for GNIS #1915137 (Pickering Lot)

The official website for Belknap County: www.belknapcounty.org/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Belknap, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pickering Plot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4234, Longitude: -71.2898       In this case, the coordinates for the Pickering Plot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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