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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 Gardners Grove (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 Gardners Grove. 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 Gardners Grove ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Gardners Grove: Gardners Grv.
  • While the name of this community is Gardners Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Gardners Grove may originally have been Gardner's Grove.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gardners Grove might be written as Gardner Grove.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Gardners Grove is located in Belknap 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 Belknap County: Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack & Strafford.

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

  • Belknap County     (The home county of Gardners Grove)
  • Carroll County
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardners Grove, with the one closest to Gardners Grove listed first.
    • Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • South Alexandria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Alexandria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgewater
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
      • Bridgewater is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgewater <3>
    • Ashland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Holderness
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hebron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <3>
    • East Grafton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Grafton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grafton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
      • Grafton is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grafton <3>
    • Plymouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Groton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Orange
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Orange is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardners Grove, with the one closest to Gardners Grove listed first.
    • North Weare
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chase Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
      • Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Weare
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Slab City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Hillsboro Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Goffstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goffstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffstown
      • Goffstown is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,136 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goffstown <3>
    • Grasmere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Tavern Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tavern Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
      • Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Deering
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Deering
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Merrimack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardners Grove, with the one closest to Gardners Grove listed first.
    • Northfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
      • Northfield is located in Merrimack County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,979 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northfield <3>
    • Franklin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Shaker Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
      • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
    • Canterbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Loudon Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boscawen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salisbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,468 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <3>
    • East Andover
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hill Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyce
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
      • Boyce is located in Merrimack County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boyce
      • From Gardners Grove to Boyce
    • Loudon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loudon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon
      • Loudon is located in Merrimack County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loudon <3>
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardners Grove, with the one closest to Gardners Grove listed first.
    • Northwood Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Deerfield Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deerfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Deerfield is located in Rockingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,564 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerfield <3>
    • James City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
      • James City is located in Rockingham County
    • Northwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Candia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candia
      • Candia is located in Rockingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,959 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Candia <3>
  • Strafford County
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gardners Grove, with the one closest to Gardners Grove listed first.
    • Twin Lakes Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
      • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
    • Springfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Fernwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Georges Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lower Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
      • Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
    • Sunapee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Grantham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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>
    • North Grantham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Gardners Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gardners Grove.

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 Gardners Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tilton Arch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilton Arch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tilton Arch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sanbornton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanbornton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanbornton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lamprey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lambert Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lambert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Lambert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Lamberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crockett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crockett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crockett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (265 more) ...

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Gardners Grove had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • East Tilton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Tilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tilton
    • East Tilton is located in Belknap County
  • Tilton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
    • Tilton is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,556 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <3>
  • Belmont
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Northfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Northfield is located in Merrimack County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northfield <3>
  • Sanbornton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanbornton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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>
  • Laconia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gaza
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gilmanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North Sanbornton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Sanbornton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sanbornton
    • North Sanbornton is located in Belknap County
  • Canterbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gilford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilford
    • Gilford is located in Belknap County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,278 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilford <3>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Salisbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,468 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <3>
    • Boscawen
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Gardners Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gardners Grove.

Newspapers Published in Gardners Grove ...

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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gardners Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gardners Grove, 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 Gardners Grove.

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 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 Gardners Grove:

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

The official website for Belknap County: www.belknapcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Gardners Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gardners Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4587, Longitude: -71.5315       In this case, the coordinates for Gardners Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Gardners Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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