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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 Effingham Falls (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 Effingham Falls. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Effingham Falls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Freedom
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Effingham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Madison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • East Madison is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
    • Chickville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chickville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
    • Ossipee Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
    • Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • South Effingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ossipee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Chocorua
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Wolfeboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
    • Water Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Samoset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Spring Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Center Harbor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Glendale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Interlaken Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Alton Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Alton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Gilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Meredith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Laconia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
    • Sargents Purchase
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Holderness
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Campton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Strafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Middleton
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Milton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Milton is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
    • Farmington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dexter Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
    • North Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • North Rochester is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
    • Place
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Place is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • West Baldwin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
    • Baldwin
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • 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>
    • Steep Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • South Bridgton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
    • West Bridgton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
    • Sandy Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Bridgton
      (24 miles [38.6 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>
    • Standish
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Standish is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <1>
    • Naples
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Frye Island
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Sebago Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
    • North Bridgton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • Porter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
    • Kezar Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
    • Merrill Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Durgintown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
    • Brownfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Brownfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
    • Hiram
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • East Hiram
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
    • Fryeburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Rankins Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
    • Denmark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Denmark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
    • East Fryeburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Effingham Falls, with the one closest to Effingham Falls listed first.
    • North Parsonsfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • South Effingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
    • Stevens Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • East Parsonsfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
    • Mee Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
    • Cornish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • West Newfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Limerick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Newfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • North Shapleigh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
    • Sprague City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
    • Limington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Effingham Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Effingham Falls.

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 Effingham Falls - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Huntress Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Churchill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Libby Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Emery Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chickville Cemetery (New)
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chickville Cemetery (Old)
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...
    • Sweat Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Leavitt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kezar Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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 Effingham Falls had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Freedom
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Effingham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • East Freedom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • East Freedom is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freedom
  • East Madison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • East Madison is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
  • Center Effingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
  • Center Ossipee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moultonville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultonville
  • Porter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
  • Ossipee Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
  • South Effingham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Parsonsfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • North Parsonsfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • West Ossipee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ossipee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Effingham Falls ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Effingham Falls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Effingham Falls, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Effingham Falls.

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 Effingham Falls:

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 Effingham Falls, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Effingham Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.