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 Chesham (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 Chesham. 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 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.
Chesham 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 Chesham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chesham:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Chesham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Harrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Roxbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Marlborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Eastview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Bonds Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilsum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- West Peterborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Hancock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- North Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Peterborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Antrim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- North Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Windsor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Henniker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Newbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Sunapee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Contoocook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Hopkinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Warner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Acworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Lempster
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Langdon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Acworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Quaker City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Charlestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Unity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Kelleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Mayo Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Warwick
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Tully
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- West Northfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Northfield
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Mount Hermon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Wendell Depot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Erving
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Gill
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Bernardston
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Morse Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Ashby
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- West Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Old City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Royalston
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Winchendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Winchendon Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Waterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Pequoig
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Lane Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Baldwinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Athol
(23 miles [37 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
- Ashburnham
(23 miles [37 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
- Blackburn Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- South Ashburnham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Brooks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- East Templeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Westminster
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Putney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Bellows Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- East Dummerston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dummerston
- Westminster West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- South Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Brattleboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Dummerston
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Fairview Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Guilford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chesham, see our County-by-County Page for Chesham.
Cemeteries Near Chesham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chesham.
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 Chesham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chesham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Willard Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Street Cemetery
- The Island Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harrisville Cemetery
- St. Denis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Graniteville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meetinghouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Cemetery
- The Dublin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dublin Rural Cemetery
- Dublin Town Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1612322 <2>
- East Sullivan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Munsonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #796341 <2>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #251415 <2>
- Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Chesham had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chesham, with the one closest to Chesham listed first.
- Harrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marlborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Keene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Keene is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Keene
- Dublin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Sullivan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Sullivan is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sullivan
- Nelson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Munsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Munsonville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swanzey Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swanzey Station is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzey Station
- Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanzey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Peterborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- South Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Stoddard is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Stoddard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chesham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chesham.
Newspapers Published in Chesham ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chesham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chesham, 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 Chesham.
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 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 Chesham:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester 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 Chesham, 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- Chesham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |