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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 Hillsboro Center (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 Hillsboro Center. 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 Hillsboro Center ...

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 have occurred.

Another variation: Hillsborough Center.

  • A typical abbreviation for Hillsboro Center: Hillsboro Ctr. (or less commonly used: Hillsboro Cen., Hillsboro Cent. or Hillsboro Cntr.)

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 northeast 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 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.

Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hillsborough County: Essex (MA), Middlesex (MA), Worcester (MA), Cheshire, Merrimack, Rockingham & Sullivan.

Below are the counties that are near Hillsboro Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hillsboro Center:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Hillsboro Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.
    • Hillsboro Lower Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro Upper Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
      • Holton is located in Hillsborough County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Holton
      • From Hillsboro Center to Holton
    • North Branch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Antrim Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Deering
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Antrim
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
      • Antrim is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,682 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antrim <1>
    • Clinton Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
      • Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • East Deering
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chase Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
      • Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Bennington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Bennington is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bennington <1>
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.
    • Tilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
      • Tilton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,556 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <1>
    • Gardners Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanbornton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanbornton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanbornton
      • Sanbornton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanbornton <1>
    • Allens Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Belmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheshire County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.
    • Mill Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
      • Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
    • Stoddard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoddard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
      • Stoddard is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoddard <1>
    • Marlow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Marlow is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Nelson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Harrisville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonds Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Dublin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <1>
    • Sullivan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilsum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilsum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsum
      • Gilsum is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilsum <1>
    • Lower Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
      • Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
    • Roxbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
      • Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Alstead Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.
    • Grafton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grafton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
      • Grafton is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grafton <1>
    • East Grafton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • South Alexandria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Merrimack County
  • Sullivan County
  • Windham County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.
    • Bellows Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellows Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellows Falls
      • Bellows Falls is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,967 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellows Falls <1>
    • North Westminster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
      • North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
    • Westminster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <1>
    • Rockingham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
      • Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
    • Rockingham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Brockways Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Saxtons River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Westminster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
  • Windsor County (VT)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hillsboro Center, see our County-by-County Page for Hillsboro Center.

Cemeteries Near Hillsboro Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillsboro Center.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hillsboro Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hillsboro Center had a population of 34 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hillsboro Center, with the one closest to Hillsboro Center listed first.

  • Hillsboro Upper Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillsboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • North Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Holton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
    • Holton is located in Hillsborough County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Holton
    • From Hillsboro Center to Holton
  • West Deering
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Deering have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Deering
    • West Deering is located in Hillsborough County
  • East Washington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Washington
    • East Washington is located in Sullivan County
  • Deering
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Henniker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Antrim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
    • Antrim is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,682 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antrim <1>
  • East Deering
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Melvin Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Bradford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bennington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bennington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Bennington is located in Hillsborough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bennington <1>
    • West Hopkinton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hopkinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hopkinton
      • West Hopkinton is located in Merrimack County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hillsboro Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hillsboro Center.

Newspapers Published in Hillsboro Center ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillsboro Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillsboro Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillsboro Center.

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 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 Hillsboro Center:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hillsboro Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcountynh.org/

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<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 Hillsboro Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Hillsboro Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillsboro Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1458, Longitude: -71.9339    









 

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