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 Dunbarton Center (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 Dunbarton Center. 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 Dunbarton Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dunbarton Center: Dunbarton Ctr. (or less commonly used: Dunbarton Cen., Dunbarton Cent. or Dunbarton Cntr.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Dunbarton Center 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 Dunbarton Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunbarton Center:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Dunbarton Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Dunbarton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Bow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Bow Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Hopkinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooksett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Suncook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Contoocook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- East Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- South Hooksett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Allens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Barnstead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gilmanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sanbornton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Winnisquam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Laconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Bonds Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Eastview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dublin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Jaffrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Goffstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weare
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Grasmere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Tavern Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Chase Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- North Weare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Pinardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- New Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Deering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- East Candia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Deerfield Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- James City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Derry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Glenmere Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Strafford Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lempster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Fernwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Babbatasset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Dunstable
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- East Pepperell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Pepperell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Tyngsbororough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- West Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunbarton Center, see our County-by-County Page for Dunbarton Center.
Cemeteries Near Dunbarton Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunbarton Center.
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 Dunbarton Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunbarton Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Stark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Dunbarton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Goodhue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heath Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ordway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Weare Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102848 <3>
- Continue List (361 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137979 <3>
- Center Square Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Square Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Square Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Weare.
- The Center Square Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weare Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103167 <3>
- South Weare Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Weare.
- The South Weare Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102907 <3>
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>
While we didn't find Dunbarton Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunbarton Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunbarton Center, with the one closest to Dunbarton Center listed first.
- Dunbarton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Everett ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Everett is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- East Weare ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare
- Bow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- South Weare
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare
- Goffstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weare
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Hopkinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mills
- Bow Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- North Weare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Clinton Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Grove
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hooksett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Suncook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunbarton Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunbarton Center.
Newspapers Published in Dunbarton Center ...
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 242 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunbarton Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunbarton Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunbarton Center.
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 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 Dunbarton Center:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan County
- Middlesex 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' (or 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- Dunbarton Center) 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 Dunbarton Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |