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 Goffstown (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 Goffstown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Goffstown is located in 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 Goffstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goffstown:
- Hillsborough County (The home county of Goffstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Grasmere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Pinardville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Bedford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weare
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Chase Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- North Weare
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Slab City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Mont Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Francestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Barnstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Lower Gilmanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Bonds Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Eastview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Dublin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jaffrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Nelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Stoddard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rindge
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Marlow
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Dunbarton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- South Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suncook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Pembroke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Contoocook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Londonderry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Derry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Derry Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Deerfield Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- James City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Hubbard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Raymond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Sullivan County
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Ayers Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Tozier Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Methuen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Methuen is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Ward Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Babbatasset Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Dunstable
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- East Pepperell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Pepperell
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Tyngsbororough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Ashby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Old City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Paper Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Lunenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Ashburnham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Blackburn Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- Lane Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Winchendon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goffstown, see our County-by-County Page for Goffstown.
Cemeteries Near Goffstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goffstown.
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 Goffstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goffstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- Westlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Villa Augustina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shirley Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Boston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Dunbarton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piscataquog Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amoskeag 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Goffstown had a population of 770 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Goffstown had a population of 18,136 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goffstown, with the one closest to Goffstown listed first.
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Everett ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Dunbarton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Bedford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Weare ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare
- South Weare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Weare
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Clinton Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Grove
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- Goffs Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goffs Falls is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs Falls
- North Weare
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Francestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goffstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goffstown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Goffstown ...
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 233 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goffstown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Goffstown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Goffstown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Goffstown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Goffstown.
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 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 Goffstown:
- 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
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Goffstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Goffstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |