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 Clarksville (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 Clarksville. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Clarksville is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Oxford (ME), Carroll, Grafton & Essex (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Clarksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarksville:
- Coos County (The home county of Clarksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- Happy Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Pittsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixs Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Stewartstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Dixville Notch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- West Stewartstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Second College Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colebrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Ervings Location
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Cones
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cones is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
- Franklin County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- Davis Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Davis Town is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
- Oquossoc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mountainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Bemis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- Wilsons Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Lincoln Plantation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Magalloway Plantation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Upper Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Middle Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Upton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- Beecher Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Canaan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Lemington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lemington is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Averill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Averill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Lewis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Avery's Gore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Avery's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
- Norton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Brunswick Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
- Brunswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Warren's Gore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Warren's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren's Gore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarksville, see our County-by-County Page for Clarksville.
Cemeteries Near Clarksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarksville.
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 Clarksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- North Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Stewartstown.
- The Hollow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewartstown Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237358 <3>
- Reed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alice Hunt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Canaan Village Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morrison Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- The Morrison Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Canaan Cemetery
- South Canaan Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450257 <3>
- Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keach Road Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Wallace Pond Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- St. Malo Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Clarksville had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Clarksville had a population of 249 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarksville, with the one closest to Clarksville listed first.
- Pittsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Stewartstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- West Stewartstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canaan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colebrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Wilsons Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Errol
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Averill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Georges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Georges is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- North Stratford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beatties
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beatties is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
- Middle Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Brunswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarksville.
Newspapers Published in Clarksville ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarksville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clarksville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Clarksville:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Oxford County
- Essex 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> | 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- Clarksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Clarksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |