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 Goodrich Falls (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 Goodrich Falls. 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 hospitals and 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.
Goodrich Falls is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Goodrich Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodrich Falls:
- Carroll County (The home county of Goodrich Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- Jackson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jericho
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Intervale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Kearsarge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Bartlett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale's Location
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- North Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harts Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Notchland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Conway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- Sargents Purchase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Hadleys Purchase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Pinkhams Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Cutts Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Beans Purchase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Glen House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Beans Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Martins Location
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Purchase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Lincoln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- North Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Lower Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Upper Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- West Bridgton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Bridgton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Bridgton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Bridgton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- West Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Naples
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Naples is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Sebago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <1>
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- North Fryeburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Stow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Fryeburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lovell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Center Lovell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Stoneham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneham is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Sweden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Merrill Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- North Parsonsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Cornish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parsonsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodrich Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Goodrich Falls.
Cemeteries Near Goodrich Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodrich Falls.
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 Goodrich Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodrich Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ridge Cemetery
- The Garland Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #227851 <2>
- Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Charles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman / Charles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albany Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Center Conway Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Conway Cemetery
- The Center Conway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Conway Village Cemetery
- Conway Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169752 <2>
- West Fryeburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chandler Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bradley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Abbot Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bemis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Goodrich Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goodrich Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodrich Falls, with the one closest to Goodrich Falls listed first.
- Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Jackson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lower Bartlett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Intervale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Bartlett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- North Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyers River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
- Redstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- South Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Conway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Fryeburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Stow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Center Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodrich Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodrich Falls.
Newspapers Published in Goodrich Falls ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodrich Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodrich Falls, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goodrich Falls.
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 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 Goodrich Falls:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford 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> | 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> | 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 Goodrich Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goodrich Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |