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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 Hadleys Purchase (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 Hadleys Purchase. 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 Hadleys Purchase ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Hadleys Purchase, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hadleys Purchase may originally have been Hadley's Purchase.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hadleys Purchase might be written as Hadley Purchase.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Hadleys Purchase 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 Hadleys Purchase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hadleys Purchase:
- Coos County (The home county of Hadleys Purchase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Cutts Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Sargents Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Beans Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers 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
- Crawfords Purchase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fabyan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Glen House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Low and Burbanks Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greens Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Beans Purchase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Belknap County
- Center Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Notchland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Harts Location
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bartlett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Jericho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Passaconaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
- Intervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Hale's Location
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Kearsarge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Easton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Apthorp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Campton Lower Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Upper Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- West Bridgton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- North Fryeburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Stow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Fryeburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lovell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Center Lovell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Slab City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Stoneham
(23 miles [37 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
- Merrill Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- East Brownfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Lunenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hadleys Purchase, see our County-by-County Page for Hadleys Purchase.
Cemeteries Near Hadleys Purchase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hadleys Purchase.
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 Hadleys Purchase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hadleys Purchase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crawford Family Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the south of Lancaster.
- The Crawford Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375827 <3>
- Albany Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center Conway Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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 <3>
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Fryeburg Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Charles Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eastman / Charles Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chocorua Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Potter Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Hadleys Purchase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hadleys Purchase.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hadleys Purchase, with the one closest to Hadleys Purchase listed first.
- Sawyers River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
- Bartlett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Intervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- North Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Fabyan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Glen House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Redstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Conway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Twin Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Conway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Chatham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hadleys Purchase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hadleys Purchase.
Newspapers Published in Hadleys Purchase ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hadleys Purchase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hadleys Purchase, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hadleys Purchase.
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 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 Hadleys Purchase:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Essex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hadleys Purchase) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Hadleys Purchase, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |