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 Hadley (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 Hadley. 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 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.
Hadley is located in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Hadley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hadley:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Hadley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Jaffrey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonds Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Rindge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Rindge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Fitzwilliam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marlborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- West Peterborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Peterborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Temple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Wilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Elmwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Hancock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Ipswich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Lyndeborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Lyndeborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyndeborough
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Henniker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Hopkinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Bow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Contoocook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- South Hooksett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lempster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- South Acworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Acworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Langdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Tully
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Mayo Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- North Orange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Warwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Wendell Depot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Northfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- West Northfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Erving
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erving is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Morse Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Mount Hermon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- New Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Ashby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- West Townsend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Old City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Townsend Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Pepperell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Babbatasset Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- East Pepperell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Paper Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- West Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Groton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Winchendon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Winchendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Pequoig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Waterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Lane Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Ashburnham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Royalston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Blackburn Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- South Ashburnham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Baldwinville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Gardner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- East Templeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- South Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Westminster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brattleboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dummerston
- Fairview Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Putney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- North Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hadley, see our County-by-County Page for Hadley.
Cemeteries Near Hadley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hadley.
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 Hadley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hadley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Conant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jarmany Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hannah Davis - Amos Fortune Graves
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cutler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ed MacDowell Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Wilder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dublin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Cemetery
- The Dublin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dublin Rural Cemetery
- Dublin Town Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1612322 <2>
- Rand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hadley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hadley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hadley, with the one closest to Hadley listed first.
- Jaffrey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peterborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Peterborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- West Rindge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Rindge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Rindge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rindge
- Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Temple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fitzwilliam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- State Line
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winchendon Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Ipswich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Wilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Russell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hadley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hadley.
Newspapers Published in Hadley ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hadley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hadley, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hadley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hadley:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester County
- Windham 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 Hadley, 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- Hadley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |