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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fessenden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fessenden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fessenden, please Contact Us.
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 Fessenden (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 Fessenden. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Fessenden is historic, it would have been located within present day Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Essex (MA), Middlesex (MA), Worcester (MA), Cheshire, Merrimack, Rockingham & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Fessenden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fessenden:
- Hillsborough County (The home county of Fessenden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Weare
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <2>
- North Weare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Chase Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Slab City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Tavern Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- East Deering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Goffstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grasmere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Francestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Holton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Allens Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Barnstead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gardners Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sanbornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gaza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Winnisquam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Eastview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Bonds Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Stoddard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dublin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Jaffrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Roxbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Sullivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rindge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Dunbarton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Hopkinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <2>
- Contoocook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henniker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Hooksett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Pembroke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Suncook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Lower Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Candia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Deerfield Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Londonderry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- James City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Derry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hubbard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- Strafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lempster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Fernwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Lower Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Georges Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Acworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- Ashby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- West Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Babbatasset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- East Pepperell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Pepperell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- South Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Townsend Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fessenden, see our County-by-County Page for Fessenden.
Cemeteries Near Fessenden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fessenden.
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 Fessenden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fessenden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- East Weare Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102848 <3>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137979 <3>
- Center Square Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Square Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Square Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Weare.
- The Center Square Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weare Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103167 <3>
- Eaton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Weare Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Weare.
- The South Weare Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102907 <3>
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Corliss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Bartlett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Fessenden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fessenden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fessenden, with the one closest to Fessenden listed first.
- East Weare ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare
- Everett ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Everett is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Weare
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <2>
- North Weare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Clinton Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clinton Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Grove
- South Weare
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare
- Dunbarton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- East Deering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Hopkinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deering
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Goffstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Hopkinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Hopkinton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hopkinton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <2>
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Henniker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fessenden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fessenden.
Newspapers Published in Fessenden ...
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 238 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fessenden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fessenden, 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 Fessenden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fessenden:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Hillsborough County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan County
- Middlesex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fessenden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Fessenden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |