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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 Enfield (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 Enfield. 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 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 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.

Enfield is located in Grafton County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).

Below are the counties that are near Enfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Enfield:

  • Grafton County     (The home county of Enfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
    • Lower Shaker Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
      • Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
    • Mascoma
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mascoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
      • Mascoma is located in Grafton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mascoma
      • From Enfield to Mascoma
    • Upper Shaker Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
      • Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
    • Montcalm
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montcalm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
      • Montcalm is located in Grafton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Montcalm
      • From Enfield to Montcalm
    • Lockehaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Canaan Street
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Etna
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lebanon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Lebanon is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,808 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
    • Canaan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Brook Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
      • Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
    • Pinewood Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
      • Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
    • Sachem Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sachem Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
      • Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
    • New Hampton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
      • New Hampton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hampton <3>
    • Gaza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Sanbornton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanbornton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanbornton
      • Sanbornton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanbornton <3>
  • Merrimack County
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
    • North Grantham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Meriden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Grantham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
      • Grantham is located in Sullivan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantham <3>
    • Springfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Sullivan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
    • Mill Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Croydon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Plainfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Squag City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squag City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
      • Squag City is located in Sullivan County
    • Croydon Flat
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Georges Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cornish City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
      • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
    • South Cornish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
    • Union Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
      • Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
    • Thetford Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Thetford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thetford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
      • Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
    • Ely
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Post Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • South Strafford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairlee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Strafford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
      • Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
    • Old City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
      • Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
    • Strafford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
      • Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strafford <3>
    • Fairlee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
      • Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • West Fairlee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
      • West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Rutland County (VT)
  • Windsor County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enfield, with the one closest to Enfield listed first.
    • Lewiston ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pompanoosuc
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • White River Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wilder
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
      • Wilder is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilder <3>
    • Norwich
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <3>
    • Hartford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • North Hartland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Norwich
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
    • Hartford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
    • Quechee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quechee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
      • Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Quechee
      • From Enfield to Quechee
    • West Norwich
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Enfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Enfield.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Enfield had a population of 646 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Enfield had a population of 4,564 people.

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

  • West Canaan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canaan
    • West Canaan is located in Grafton County
  • Montcalm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montcalm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
    • Montcalm is located in Grafton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Montcalm
    • From Enfield to Montcalm
  • Enfield Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enfield Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Center
    • Enfield Center is located in Grafton County
  • Lockehaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Canaan Street
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Canaan Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
    • Canaan Center is located in Grafton County
  • Etna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
    • Lebanon is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
  • East Plainfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Plainfield
    • East Plainfield is located in Sullivan County
  • Hanover Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Center
    • Hanover Center is located in Grafton County
  • Canaan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North Grantham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Enfield ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Enfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Enfield, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Enfield.

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 Enfield:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Enfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Enfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Enfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6420, Longitude: -72.1450    
<6>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 Enfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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