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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 Dixville Notch (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 Dixville Notch. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Dixville Notch is located in Coos County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties 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 Dixville Notch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dixville Notch:

  • Coos County     (The home county of Dixville Notch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.
    • Dixs Grant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixs Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
      • Dixs Grant is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
    • Ervings Location
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ervings Location have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
      • Ervings Location is located in Coos County
    • Second College Grant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Second College Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
      • Second College Grant is located in Coos County
    • Colebrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
      • Colebrook is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <2>
    • Clarksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Clarksville is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
    • Errol
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Columbia is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy is located in Coos County
    • Cones
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cones. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
      • Cones is located in Coos County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cones
      • From Dixville Notch to Cones
    • Pittsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Stewartstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
      • Stewartstown is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Meriden Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.
    • Oquossoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oquossoc have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oquossoc
      • Oquossoc is located in Franklin County (ME)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oquossoc <2>
    • Mountainview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Bemis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Davis Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
      • Davis Town is located in Franklin County (ME)
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.
    • Wilsons Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Plantation
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
      • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Magalloway Plantation
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magalloway Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
      • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Middle Dam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Upton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Upton is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <2>
    • Upper Dam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Essex County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.
    • Beecher Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Canaan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
      • Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Lemington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
      • Lemington is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Bloomfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Bloomfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Brunswick Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Averill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
      • Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Brunswick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Averill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
      • Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Averill <2>
    • Maidstone
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maidstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
      • Maidstone is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Lewis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Essex County (VT)
    • Avery's Gore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
      • Avery's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dixville Notch, see our County-by-County Page for Dixville Notch.

Cemeteries Near Dixville Notch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dixville Notch.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dixville Notch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Dixville Notch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dixville Notch.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dixville Notch, with the one closest to Dixville Notch listed first.

  • Colebrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
    • Colebrook is located in Coos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <2>
  • Clarksville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Coos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Errol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Coos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Pittsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Beecher Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
    • Stewartstown is located in Coos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
  • West Stewartstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Georges
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georges have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
    • Georges is located in Coos County
  • Wilsons Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Canaan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
    • Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canaan <2>
  • North Stratford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Percy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Percy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
      • Percy is located in Coos County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Percy
      • From Dixville Notch to Percy
    • Crystal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Crystal is located in Coos County
    • Beatties
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatties have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
      • Beatties is located in Coos County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dixville Notch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dixville Notch.

Newspapers Published in Dixville Notch ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dixville Notch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dixville Notch, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dixville Notch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dixville Notch:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dixville Notch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dixville Notch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dixville Notch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8714, Longitude: -71.3083       In this case, the coordinates for Dixville Notch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Dixville Notch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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