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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 Hills 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 Hills 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 Hills 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Hills Corner: Hills Cor. (or less commonly used: Hills Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Hills Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hills Corner may originally have been Hill's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hills Corner might be written as Hill Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hills Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hills Corner.
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.
Hills Corner is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Hills Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hills Corner:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Hills Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Shaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Northfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Loudon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boyce is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boscawen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Penacook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Penacook is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penacook
- East Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Pittsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Websters Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Chichester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Allens Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gilmanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Winnisquam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sanbornton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laconia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Gaza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Barnstead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Federal Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Fernald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Melvin Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Tuftonboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Moultonborough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Water Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Bristol
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Bridgewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Groton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Campton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- North Weare
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Chase Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Weare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <2>
- Slab City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Grasmere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Goffstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tavern Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Massabesic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Pinardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- East Deering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Hillsboro Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsborough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <2>
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- James City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Deerfield Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- New Durham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Strafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Davis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Dexter Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Bow Lake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Middleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Strafford Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Fernwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Georges Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hills Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Hills Corner.
Cemeteries Near Hills Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hills 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 Hills Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hills Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Ham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shell Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buzzell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Buzzell Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Allens Mills.
- Zions Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lovering Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Arch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Meeting House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lamprey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Hills Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hills Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hills Corner, with the one closest to Hills Corner listed first.
- Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gilmanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Tilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Tilton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tilton
- Loudon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Tilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lower Gilmanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Sanbornton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boscawen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Penacook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Penacook is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penacook
- Laconia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hills Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hills Corner.
Newspapers Published in Hills 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 193 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hills Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hills Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hills Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Hills Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hills Corner) 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 Hills Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |