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 East Acworth (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 East Acworth. 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 East Acworth ...
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 East Acworth: E. Acworth
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Acworth is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near East Acworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Acworth:
- Sullivan County (The home county of East Acworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Lempster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Acworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Quaker City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Kelleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Charlestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Claremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon Flat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Drewsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Gilsum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stoddard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Lower Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Walpole
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Surry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Nelson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Montcalm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lockehaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Enfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mascoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Meadow Brook Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Hillsborough
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <1>
- Clinton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Antrim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Bennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Melvin Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Sutton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Henniker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Warner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Lower Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington County (VT)
- Landgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- Healdville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Rockingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Saxtons River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Cambridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster West
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Grafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grafton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Ascutney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- North Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Chester Depot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Baltimore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Greenbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Chester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Acworth, see our County-by-County Page for East Acworth.
Cemeteries Near East Acworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Acworth.
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 East Acworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Acworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- Acworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Acworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth Cemetery
- The Acworth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Batchelder - Nye Road Cemetery
- Old Acworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276810 <2>
- East Lempster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baker Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Unity Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quaker City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marlow Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jefts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Old Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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, East Acworth had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Acworth, with the one closest to East Acworth listed first.
- East Lempster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lempster
- Lempster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Acworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- East Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Quaker City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Alstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Alstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
- Marlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Langdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Alstead Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Kelleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Acworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Acworth.
Newspapers Published in East Acworth ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Acworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Acworth, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Acworth.
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 helpful 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 East Acworth:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Acworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Acworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |