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 Washington (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 Washington. 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 Washington ...
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 Washington: E. Washington
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Washington. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Washington.
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 and 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.
East Washington 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 Washington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Washington:
- Sullivan County (The home county of East Washington)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lempster
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunapee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Acworth
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Lower Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Unity
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Fernwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Kelleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Georges Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Tilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Sanbornton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Gilsum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sullivan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Eastview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Harrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- South Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Lockehaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Montcalm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lower Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsborough
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Antrim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deering
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Bennington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Henniker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Sunapee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Warner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Lower Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Contoocook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Rockingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rockingham
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Brockways Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Saxtons River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cambridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Westminster West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Ascutney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Perkinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Downers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Windsor
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Washington, see our County-by-County Page for East Washington.
Cemeteries Near East Washington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Washington.
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 Washington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Washington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- East Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cooledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooledge Cemetery
- The Cooledge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coolidge Cemetery
- Bradford Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kimball Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Presbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bagley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Pond Cemetery
- The Black Pond Cemetery has also been known as:
- Windsor Village Cemetery
- Maple Ave. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Munroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Farrar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Washington had a population of 130 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Washington, with the one closest to East Washington listed first.
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Melvin Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Hillsborough
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- East Lempster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lempster
- Lempster
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Stoddard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Henniker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Sutton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Sutton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sutton
- Marlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Mount Sunapee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Washington. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Washington.
Newspapers Published in East Washington ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Washington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Washington, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Washington.
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 either 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 Washington:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- 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> | 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 Washington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |