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 Edgemont (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 Edgemont. 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.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Edgemont is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Edgemont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edgemont:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Edgemont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Sutton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Melvin Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Wilmot Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Wilmot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Potter Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Sanbornton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- New Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winnisquam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Marlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Alstead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Gilsum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Lower Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Nelson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Surry
(25 miles [40.2 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 Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Lockehaven
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Montcalm
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lower Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- South Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Mascoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(15 miles [24.1 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 Lower Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- North Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Holton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Deering
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Antrim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chase Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Sunapee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Lower Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Croydon Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Kelleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Croydon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Lempster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- North Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Saxtons River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 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 Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Ascutney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Weathersfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Perkinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Downers
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edgemont, see our County-by-County Page for Edgemont.
Cemeteries Near Edgemont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgemont.
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 Edgemont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edgemont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Lower Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Main Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Main Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Main Street Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of New London.
- Pinegrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millwoods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Asa Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Pine Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bagley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burial Hill 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 Edgemont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgemont.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edgemont, with the one closest to Edgemont listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunapee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guild
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guild is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Sutton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sutton
- North Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Unity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Bradford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Melvin Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Croydon Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- North Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Newport is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edgemont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edgemont.
Newspapers Published in Edgemont ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgemont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edgemont, 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 Edgemont.
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 Edgemont:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Sullivan 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 Edgemont, 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 from Point A (ie- Edgemont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |