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 Coffins Mill (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 Coffins Mill. 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 Coffins Mill ...
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 Coffins Mill: Coffins Ml. (or less commonly used: Coffins Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Coffins Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coffins Mill may originally have been Coffin's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coffins Mill might be written as Coffin Mill.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Coffins Mill is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Coffins Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coffins Mill:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Coffins Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Sanborn Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sanborn Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Corners
- Hampton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hampton Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fogg Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Nason Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
- North Hampton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seabrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kensington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Great Boars Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Great Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Boars Head
- Exeter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Beach is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Beach
- Rye Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Pelham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- South Hooksett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Allenstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Durham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- Madbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Rollinsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pickering
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somersworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <2>
- Bow Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Amesbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- Newburyport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Merrimac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Newbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Rocks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- West Newbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Newbury Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newbury Old Town is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Old Town
- Byfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Byfield is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Haverhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- North Reading
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Dracut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- West Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Tewksbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Collinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lowell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Admiralty Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kittery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Eliot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bedell Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Beech Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Payneton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- York Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- York Harbor is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- York Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Cape Neddick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Neddick is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Neddick
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coffins Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Coffins Mill.
Cemeteries Near Coffins Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coffins Mill.
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 Coffins Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coffins Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Westview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sanborn - Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ring Swamp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- High Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ye Old Neighborhood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pike Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Exeter.
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Lower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Coffins Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coffins Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coffins Mill, with the one closest to Coffins Mill listed first.
- Hampton Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hampton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kensington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seabrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Hampton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Exeter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Seabrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Seabrook is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seabrook
- Stratham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Boars Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Boars Head is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Boars Head
- Rye Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Rye
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Rye is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rye
- South Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Amesbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Powwow River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coffins Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coffins Mill.
Newspapers Published in Coffins Mill ...
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 Coffins Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coffins Mill, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coffins Mill.
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 Coffins Mill:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- York 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coffins Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coffins Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |