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 Groveton (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 Groveton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Groveton is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Oxford (ME), Carroll, Grafton & Essex (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Groveton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Groveton:
- Coos County (The home county of Groveton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Stratford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stratford is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Percy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Percy is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Masons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Masons is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Milan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milan
- Meriden Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- North Stratford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Starr King
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Starr King is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr King
- Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- North Littleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Littleton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Pierce Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Apthorp
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Littleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Upton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gilead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Burke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Kirby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kirby is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Burke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- East Burke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Egypt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- West Burke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lyndon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lyndon is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,650 people
- Lyndonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lower Waterford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Saint Johnsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Johnsbury is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Guildhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maidstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maidstone is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Guildhall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Granby is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Brunswick Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Granby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gallup Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- Ferdinand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ferdinand is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Damon Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Damon Crossing is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon Crossing
- Orleans County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Westmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westmore is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- East Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- Morgan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Groveton, see our County-by-County Page for Groveton.
Cemeteries Near Groveton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Groveton.
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 Groveton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Groveton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Rich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stevens - McDade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Court House Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keith - Crawford - North Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgewell - Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Haynes Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Stratford.
- The Haynes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stratford East Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551850 <3>
- Riverside - Smart - Fellows - South Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Summer Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smith - Gardner - Shoff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Stuart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spaulding Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clark - Eaton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark - Eaton Cemetery
- The Clark - Eaton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Auburn Star Farm Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
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 Groveton had a population of 700 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Groveton, with the one closest to Groveton listed first.
- Stevens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stevens is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Guildhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Stratford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stratford is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Stark
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Percy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Percy is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Grange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grange is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beatties
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beatties is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
- Crystal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crystal is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Riverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- West Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Milan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milan
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Lancaster is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 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 Groveton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Groveton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Groveton ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Groveton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Groveton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Groveton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Groveton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> of Groveton.
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 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 Groveton:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grafton County
- Oxford County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Orleans 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Groveton) 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 Groveton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |