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 Londonderry (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 Londonderry. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Londonderry 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 Londonderry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Londonderry:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Londonderry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Derry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Derry Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- North Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hampstead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sandown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- East Merrimack
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Litchfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Merrimack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Merrimack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Pinardville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- South Hooksett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Suncook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pembroke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allenstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bow
(20 miles [32.2 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 <1>
- Dunbarton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Bow Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Epsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(25 miles [40.2 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 <1>
- Bow Lake Village
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Madbury
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Ayers Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Tozier Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Methuen
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- Ward Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Haverhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- North Andover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Andover is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
- Haggetts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haggetts is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
- Shawsheen Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village
- West Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Andover is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Collinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Tyngsbororough
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Dracut
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Dunstable
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- North Chelmsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Ayres City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Princeton Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Babbatasset Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- East Pepperell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Pepperell
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Lunenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Harvard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Lunenburg Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Fitchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- South Fitchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- Still River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Still River is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Blackburn Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- Leominster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Londonderry, see our County-by-County Page for Londonderry.
Cemeteries Near Londonderry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Londonderry.
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 Londonderry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Londonderry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Glen Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Wood Cemetery
- The Glen Wood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pillsbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pillsbury Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Derry.
- Old Hill Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hill Graveyard
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Hill Graveyard is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Derry.
- Pinkerton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Senter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (508 more) ...
- Stowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hills Farms Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Londonderry had a population of 126 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Londonderry had a population of 26,646 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Londonderry, with the one closest to Londonderry listed first.
- Derry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Londonderry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Londonderry is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Londonderry
- Wilson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- West Windham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Windham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windham
- Windham Depot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windham Depot is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Depot
- East Derry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Derry is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Derry
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Thorntons Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thorntons Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntons Ferry
- Hudson Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hudson Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Center
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Goffs Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goffs Falls is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs Falls
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Merrimack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Londonderry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Londonderry.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Londonderry ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Londonderry.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Londonderry. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Londonderry and those printed in the larger area surrounding Londonderry.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> of Londonderry.
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 Londonderry:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester 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> | 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- Londonderry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Londonderry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |