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 Five Corners (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 Five Corners. 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 Five Corners ...
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 Five Corners: Five Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Five Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Corners.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Five Corners is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Five Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Five Corners:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Five Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Sanborn Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sanborn Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Corners
- Nason Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
- Kensington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Exeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fogg Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Hampton Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monahan Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monahan Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahan Corners
- Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seabrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Pelham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Litchfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Nashua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Merrimack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- South Hooksett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Allenstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Suncook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooksett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Durham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Madbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pickering
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Rollinsford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Somersworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Bow Lake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Amesbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- Merrimac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Newburyport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Rocks Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- West Newbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Newbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Byfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Byfield is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Newbury Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newbury Old Town is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Old Town
- Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Haverhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- North Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Dracut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- West Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Tewksbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- Collinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Montrose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Ayres City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Middlesex Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- Wilmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
- North Billerica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Billerica is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- South Eliot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kittery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eliot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bedell Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Beech Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Payneton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- York Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- York Harbor is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- York Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
- South Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Five Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Five Corners.
Cemeteries Near Five Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Five Corners.
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 Five Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Five Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Westview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ye Old Neighborhood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pike Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pike Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Exeter.
- Sanborn - Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olde Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olde Cemetery is located outside and to the east of East Kingston.
- The Olde Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Cemetery
- East Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winter Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Exeter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Ring Swamp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- High Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Five Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Five Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Five Corners, with the one closest to Five Corners listed first.
- Kensington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Exeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hampton Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seabrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Powwow River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
- Amesbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- South Seabrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Seabrook is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seabrook
- North Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stratham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Salisbury Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salisbury Point is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Five Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Corners.
Newspapers Published in Five Corners ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Five Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Five Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Five Corners:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Five Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Five Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |