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 Hooks Crossing (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 Hooks Crossing. 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 Hooks Crossing ...
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 Hooks Crossing: Hooks Xing.
- While the name of this community is Hooks Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hooks Crossing may originally have been Hook's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hooks Crossing might be written as Hook Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hooks Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hooks Crossing.
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.
Hooks Crossing is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Hooks Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hooks Crossing:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Hooks Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Auburn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Deerfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- James City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Derry Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Derry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Barnstead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Allens Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Massabesic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Reeds Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- East Merrimack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Merrimack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Litchfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Amherst
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- South Hooksett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Suncook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Gossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Bow Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Chichester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Bow Lake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Lee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Durham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Strafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Madbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Strafford Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Dexter Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Ayers Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Tozier Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Haverhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Merrimac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Methuen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Methuen is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Ward Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Rocks Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Lawrence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- Amesbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Groveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- West Newbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Collinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Dracut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- Tyngsbororough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- Dunstable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- Lowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Middlesex Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- North Chelmsford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Ayres City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Princeton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Babbatasset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- East Pepperell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Pepperell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Eliot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Eliot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Berwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Berwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hooks Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Hooks Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Hooks Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hooks Crossing.
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 Hooks Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hooks Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Auburn Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Village Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Auburn Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Auburn.
- The Auburn Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Auburn Cemetery
- Long Meadow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Candia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Faith Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stowell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Amoskeag Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Augustine 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.<5>
While we didn't find Hooks Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hooks Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hooks Crossing, with the one closest to Hooks Crossing listed first.
- Auburn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Severance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Massabesic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- East Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Deerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Deerfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leavitts Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leavitts Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitts Hill
- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Wilson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Goffs Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goffs Falls is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs Falls
- North Londonderry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Londonderry is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Londonderry
- Deerfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hooks Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hooks Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Hooks Crossing ...
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 179 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooks Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hooks Crossing, 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 Hooks Crossing.
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 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 Hooks Crossing:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- York 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hooks Crossing) 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 Hooks Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |