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 Hell Hollow (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 Hell Hollow. 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 Hell Hollow ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hell Hollow: Hell Holw. (or less commonly used: Hell Hlw. or Hell Hllw.)
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 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.
Hell Hollow is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Hell Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hell Hollow:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Hell Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Squag City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Meriden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Cornish City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- South Cornish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Cornish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Balloch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Grantham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Grantham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Claremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Alstead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Drewsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Cold River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Marlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Sachem Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Lower Shaker Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Upper Shaker Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Hanover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Newbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Sutton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Potter Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Union Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Strafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thetford Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Strafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Old City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Ely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Post Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Tunbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Healdville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Killington Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Killington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Mount Holly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sherburne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Bowlsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Shrewsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Bellows Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- North Westminster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Saxtons River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Londonderry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Hartland Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Fieldsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- White River Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheddsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- West Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Ascutney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hell Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Hell Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Hell Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hell Hollow.
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 Hell Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hell Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Huggins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Penniman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gilkey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westgate - Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chase Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Child Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moulton - Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Raynis - Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Coreyville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coryville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Hell Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hell Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hell Hollow, with the one closest to Hell Hollow listed first.
- Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cornish Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Cornish Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
- Meriden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Cornish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- North Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Hartland Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Plainfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Plainfield
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hell Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hell Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Hell Hollow ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hell Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hell Hollow, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hell Hollow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hell Hollow:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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 Hell Hollow, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hell Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |