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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 Eaton 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 Eaton 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 Eaton 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 Eaton Center: Eaton Ctr. (or less commonly used: Eaton Cen., Eaton Cent. or Eaton 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 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.

Eaton Center 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 Eaton Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eaton Center:

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Eaton Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • Eaton
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • East Madison
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • East Madison is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
    • Madison
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Conway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Center Conway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Freedom
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chocorua
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hale's Location
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Ossipee Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
    • Tamworth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • North Conway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Albany
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • Center Harbor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Samoset
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Glendale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Meredith
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Haven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Interlaken Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Winona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Gilford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
    • Sargents Purchase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
    • Cutts Grant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
    • Pinkhams Grant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
    • Beans Purchase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
    • Glen House
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Glen House is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
    • Greens Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Greens Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
    • Beans Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Beans Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
    • Chandlers Purchase
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
    • Martins Location
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Martins Location is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
    • Crawfords Purchase
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
    • Thompson and Meserves Purchase
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fabyan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fabyan is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Holderness
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Campton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • The Village of Loon Mountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodstock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Strafford County
    • Middleton
      (29 miles [46.7 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
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • West Baldwin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
    • West Bridgton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
    • Baldwin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • South Bridgton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
    • Sebago
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Bridgton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgton <1>
    • Sandy Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Steep Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • North Bridgton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Naples
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Naples is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
    • Harrison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrison is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <1>
    • Casco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Casco is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casco <1>
    • Frye Island
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Frye Island is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • Merrill Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Brownfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fryeburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • East Brownfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
    • Porter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
    • Kezar Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
    • East Fryeburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
    • Fryeburg Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
    • Denmark
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denmark <1>
    • East Hiram
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
    • Hiram
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiram <1>
    • Durgintown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
    • North Fryeburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.
    • North Parsonsfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Effingham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
    • Cornish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Parsonsfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
    • Stevens Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • Mee Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
    • West Newfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Limerick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Limington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Limington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • North Limington is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
    • North Shapleigh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eaton Center, see our County-by-County Page for Eaton Center.

Cemeteries Near Eaton Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eaton 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 Eaton Center - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eaton Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.

  • Madison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Potter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Linscott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cole Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenlaw Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Chocorua Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wentworth Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Center Conway Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (262 more) ...
    • Albany Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Emery Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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>

While we didn't find Eaton Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eaton Center.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eaton Center, with the one closest to Eaton Center listed first.

  • Eaton
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Snowville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Madison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • East Madison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • East Madison is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
  • Silver Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Conway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • West Brownfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • West Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownfield
  • Center Conway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Chocorua
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Effingham Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
  • Freedom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Redstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Redstone is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • West Ossipee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Tamworth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eaton Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eaton Center.

Newspapers Published in Eaton 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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eaton Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eaton Center, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eaton Center.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Eaton Center:

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 Eaton Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eaton Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.