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 Wolfeboro (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 Wolfeboro. 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 Wolfeboro ...
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 Wolfeboro: E. Wolfeboro
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 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 Wolfeboro is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near East Wolfeboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Wolfeboro:
- Carroll County (The home county of East Wolfeboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- North Wolfeboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Fernald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Wolfeboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- East Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ossipee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Wolfeboro Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wolfeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Water Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- West Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Alton Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Alton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samoset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Glendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Center Harbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Laconia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Holderness
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waterville Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Campton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Loudon Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Pittsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Websters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Northfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Epsom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chichester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canterbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- New Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- North Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Strafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Strafford Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- West Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Steep Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Standish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sebago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <1>
- Sebago Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Porter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Merrill Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Hiram
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brownfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Rankins Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Brownfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Fryeburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- Stevens Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Mee Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- West Newfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Effingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- North Shapleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Acton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parsonsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shapleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sprague City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- North Parsonsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- East Parsonsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Wolfeboro, see our County-by-County Page for East Wolfeboro.
Cemeteries Near East Wolfeboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Wolfeboro.
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 Wolfeboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Wolfeboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- North Wolfeboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Wolfeboro Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Wolfeboro.
- Lyford - Hutchins Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfeboro Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lovell Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woods Cemetery is located in the vicinity of East Wakefield
- The Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perkins Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2572960 <3>
- Beacham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hersey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chickville Cemetery (New)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chickville Cemetery (Old)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Berry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Town Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Cemetery
- The Town Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Town Hall Cemetery
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 East Wolfeboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Wolfeboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Wolfeboro, with the one closest to East Wolfeboro listed first.
- North Wolfeboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- North Wakefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wakefield
- Wolfeboro Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Fernald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- South Wolfeboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Wolfeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ossipee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Water Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Center Tuftonboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- South Effingham
(8 miles [12.9 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 Wolfeboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Wolfeboro.
Newspapers Published in East Wolfeboro ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Wolfeboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Wolfeboro, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Wolfeboro.
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 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 Wolfeboro:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- York 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Wolfeboro) 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 East Wolfeboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |