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 Jackson Falls (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 Jackson Falls. 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.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Jackson Falls is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Jackson Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jackson Falls:
- Carroll County (The home county of Jackson Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Jackson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jericho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Intervale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Kearsarge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Bartlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale's Location
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- North Conway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harts Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Notchland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- South Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Livermore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Center Conway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Sargents Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Hadleys Purchase
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Cutts Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Pinkhams Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Glen House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Beans Purchase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Greens Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Beans Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Martins Location
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Chandlers Purchase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Purchase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Fabyan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Lincoln
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Campton Upper Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apthorp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Campton Lower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- West Bridgton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Bridgton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Bridgton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Bridgton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- West Baldwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Sebago
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <1>
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Stow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Fryeburg Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Fryeburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center Lovell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lovell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Stoneham
(16 miles [25.7 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
- East Fryeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Sweden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Gilead
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Brownfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- North Parsonsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Cornish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jackson Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Jackson Falls.
Cemeteries Near Jackson Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jackson Falls.
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 Jackson Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jackson Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eastman / Charles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Fryeburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Center Conway Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 <2>
- Chandler Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Abbot Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bemis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lord Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Jackson Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jackson Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jackson Falls, with the one closest to Jackson Falls listed first.
- Jackson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Lower Bartlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Intervale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Bartlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- North Conway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sawyers River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
- Glen House
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- South Chatham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Stow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Redstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- North Fryeburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- North Chatham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jackson Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jackson Falls.
Newspapers Published in Jackson Falls ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jackson Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jackson Falls, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jackson Falls.
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 either 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 Jackson Falls:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- York 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 Jackson Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Jackson Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |