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 Concord Heights (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 Concord Heights. 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 Concord Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Concord Heights: Concord Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Concord Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Concord Heights.
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.
Concord Heights is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Concord Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Concord Heights:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Concord Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Bow Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Horse Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Loudon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <1>
- Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chichester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyce is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Penacook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penacook is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penacook
- Allenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suncook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Allens Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Barnstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sanbornton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winnisquam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gaza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Laconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- South Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Grasmere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- North Weare
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Weare
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <1>
- Goffstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chase Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Slab City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pinardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Massabesic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Tavern Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Deering
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- James City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Candia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Northwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Raymond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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
- Strafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Strafford Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Barrington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Davis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- New Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Lee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fernwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Concord Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Concord Heights.
Cemeteries Near Concord Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Concord Heights.
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 Concord Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Concord Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Old North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Concord.
- The Concord Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102803 <2>
- Blossom Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blossom Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Concord.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102789 <2>
- New Hampshire State Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horse Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls School Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pembroke Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (354 more) ...
- Hook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green 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.<3>
While we didn't find Concord Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Concord Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Concord Heights, with the one closest to Concord Heights listed first.
- Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bow Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- East Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Bow Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bow Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mills
- West Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Concord
- Bow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <1>
- Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Suncook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chichester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penacook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penacook is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penacook
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Short Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- North Chichester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Chichester is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chichester
- Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Concord Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Concord Heights.
Newspapers Published in Concord Heights ...
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 228 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Concord Heights, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Concord Heights.
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 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 Concord Heights:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan 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 Concord Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Concord Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |