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 Lempster (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 Lempster. 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 Lempster ...
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 East Lempster: E. Lempster
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 hospitals 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.
East Lempster 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 Lempster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Lempster:
- Sullivan County (The home county of East Lempster)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Lempster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Quaker City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Kelleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Langdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Claremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charlestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster 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
- Stoddard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Alstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gilsum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drewsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Lower Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- 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
- Surry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Montcalm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- East Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- 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
- Enfield
(28 miles [45.1 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
- 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
- South Alexandria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Hillsborough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Holton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 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 Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Melvin Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Sutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Warner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Lower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Wilmot Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Saxtons River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ascutney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Baltimore
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Lempster, see our County-by-County Page for East Lempster.
Cemeteries Near East Lempster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Lempster.
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 Lempster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Lempster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- East Lempster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Acworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
- Baker Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Jefts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Washington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 East Lempster had a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Lempster, with the one closest to East Lempster listed first.
- Lempster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- East Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acworth
- South Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 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
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- 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
- East Alstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
- East Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Washington is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Washington
- Quaker City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Kelleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Chandlers Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chandlers Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Mills
- Mount Sunapee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Lempster. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Lempster.
Newspapers Published in East Lempster ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lempster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Lempster, 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 Lempster.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lempster:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Lempster) 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 Lempster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |