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 Grape Corner (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 Grape Corner. 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 Grape Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grape Corner: Grape Cor. (or less commonly used: Grape Crn.)
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Grape Corner 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 Grape Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grape Corner:
- Carroll County (The home county of Grape Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- South Effingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Ossipee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Effingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Wolfeboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Chickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fernald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Water Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Samoset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Spring Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Alton Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Interlaken Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meredith
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Laconia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Loudon Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- New Durham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Davis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Dexter Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- East Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- West Baldwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Baldwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Steep Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Standish
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sebago Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- South Bridgton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- West Bridgton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Frye Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frye Island is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Sandy Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gorham is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <1>
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Bridgton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Porter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Merrill Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- East Hiram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Brownfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Fryeburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Denmark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- East Fryeburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- South Effingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- Stevens Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Mee Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Parsonsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Parsonsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- North Shapleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- East Parsonsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
- Newfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sprague City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- Limerick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Acton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grape Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Grape Corner.
Cemeteries Near Grape Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grape Corner.
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 Grape Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grape Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- Beacham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woods Cemetery is located in the vicinity of East Wakefield
- The Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perkins Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2572960 <3>
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leavitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Wolfeboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Wolfeboro Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Wolfeboro.
- North Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntress Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Chickville Cemetery (New)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chickville Cemetery (Old)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Grape Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grape Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grape Corner, with the one closest to Grape Corner listed first.
- South Effingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Wakefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wakefield
- Center Effingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
- Woodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Ossipee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Newfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Parsonsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Effingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Parsonsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Parsonsfield
- North Parsonsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Effingham Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grape Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grape Corner.
Newspapers Published in Grape Corner ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grape Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grape Corner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grape Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grape Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Grape Corner) 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 Grape Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |