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 Leavitts Hill (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 Leavitts Hill. 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 Leavitts Hill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Leavitts Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Leavitts Hill may originally have been Leavitt's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Leavitts Hill might be written as Leavitt Hill.
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.
Leavitts Hill 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 Leavitts Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leavitts Hill:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Leavitts Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Candia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- James City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- East Candia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Barnstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Alton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alton Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winnisquam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laconia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Massabesic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Grasmere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- East Merrimack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Merrimack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- New Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Allenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Hooksett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Suncook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- South Hooksett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Chichester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Websters Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Bow Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Glenmere Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Strafford Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Durham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Madbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dexter Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Pickering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Ayers Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Merrimac
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Tozier Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Amesbury
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Haverhill
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Rocks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Ward Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- West Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Methuen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Methuen is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Groveland
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- Collinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eliot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Berwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Eliot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Payneton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- Beech Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Kittery Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- North Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leavitts Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Leavitts Hill.
Cemeteries Near Leavitts Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leavitts Hill.
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 Leavitts Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leavitts Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Merrill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Deerfield Parade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whittier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Candia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McClary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Suncook.
- The St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980424 <4>
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- West River Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn Village Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Gossville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Leavitts Hill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leavitts Hill, with the one closest to Leavitts Hill listed first.
- Candia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Deerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Deerfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
- Deerfield Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Candia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Short Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Allenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Center
- Northwood Narrows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Northwood Narrows is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Narrows
- Severance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Severance is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- West Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nottingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leavitts Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leavitts Hill.
Newspapers Published in Leavitts Hill ...
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 194 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leavitts Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leavitts Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leavitts Hill.
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 helpful 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 Leavitts Hill:
- 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leavitts Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leavitts Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |