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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 Long Sands (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 Long Sands. 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 hospitals and 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.

Long Sands 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 Long Sands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Long Sands:

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Long Sands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Ossipee Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
    • Freedom
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chickville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chickville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
    • Effingham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • East Madison
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • East Madison is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
    • Ossipee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Silver Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Water Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Water Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chocorua
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Whittier
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Whittier is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
    • South Effingham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Samoset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Spring Haven
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Center Harbor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Glendale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Gilford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Interlaken Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Meredith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alton Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Alton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Winona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Laconia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wildwood Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
    • Sargents Purchase
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Holderness
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Campton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Strafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Middleton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Middleton is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
    • New Durham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Milton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Milton is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
    • Farmington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dexter Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
    • North Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • North Rochester is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
    • Place
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Place is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • West Baldwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
    • Baldwin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • Steep Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sebago
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • West Bridgton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
    • South Bridgton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
    • Sandy Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Bridgton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgton <1>
    • Standish
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Standish is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <1>
    • Naples
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Naples is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
    • Frye Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Frye Island is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Sebago Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
    • North Bridgton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • Porter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
    • Kezar Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
    • Merrill Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Durgintown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
    • Brownfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • East Brownfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
    • Hiram
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiram <1>
    • Fryeburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • East Hiram
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
    • Rankins Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
    • Denmark
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denmark <1>
    • Fryeburg Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
    • East Fryeburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Long Sands, with the one closest to Long Sands listed first.
    • South Effingham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
    • North Parsonsfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Stevens Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • Mee Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
    • East Parsonsfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
    • West Newfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Newfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Shapleigh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
    • Limerick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sprague City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
    • Acton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Acton is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acton <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Long Sands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Sands.

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 Long Sands - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Grant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Chickville Cemetery (New)
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chickville Cemetery (Old)
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Beacham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Huntress Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Madison Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweat Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...

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.<4>

While we didn't find Long Sands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Long Sands.

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

  • Center Ossipee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Moultonville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultonville
  • Effingham Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
  • Ossipee Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
  • Freedom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Effingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
  • Effingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Madison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Madison is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
  • West Ossipee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ossipee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • East Freedom is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freedom
  • Water Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Water Village is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Silver Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • South Effingham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Long Sands ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Sands.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Sands, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Sands.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Long Sands:

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>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- Long Sands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Long Sands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.