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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Lords Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lords Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lords Hill, please Contact Us.

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 Lords 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 Lords 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 Lords 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 Lords Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Lords Hill may originally have been Lord's Hill.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lords Hill might be written as Lord 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Lords Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Lords Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lords Hill:

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Lords Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • Freedom
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • East Madison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Madison is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
    • Effingham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ossipee Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
    • Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • South Effingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chickville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chickville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
    • Madison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ossipee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Chocorua
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tamworth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • Samoset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Spring Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Center Harbor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Glendale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Alton Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Gilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Interlaken Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Meredith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alton
      (25 miles [40.2 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 <3>
    • Winona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Laconia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill 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 northwest)
      • 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 Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • Waterville Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Holderness
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Campton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Strafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • Middleton
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Milton
      (27 miles [43.5 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 <3>
    • Farmington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • 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
    • Dexter Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
  • Cumberland County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • West Baldwin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
    • Baldwin
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Sebago
      (20 miles [32.2 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 <3>
    • Steep Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • South Bridgton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
    • West Bridgton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
    • Sandy Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Bridgton
      (24 miles [38.6 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 <3>
    • Standish
      (25 miles [40.2 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 <3>
    • Naples
      (25 miles [40.2 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 <3>
    • Frye Island
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • Porter
      (6 miles [9.7 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
    • Merrill Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Durgintown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
    • Brownfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Brownfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
    • Hiram
      (13 miles [20.9 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 <3>
    • East Hiram
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
    • Rankins Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
    • Fryeburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Denmark
      (17 miles [27.4 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 <3>
    • East Fryeburg
      (18 miles [29 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 Lords Hill, with the one closest to Lords Hill listed first.
    • North Parsonsfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
    • East Parsonsfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
    • 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
    • Cornish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • 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
    • West Newfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Newfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Limerick
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Sprague City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City

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

Cemeteries Near Lords Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lords 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 Lords Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Huntress Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sargent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Churchill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Emery Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweat Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Leavitt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • French Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...
    • Libby Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chickville Cemetery (New)
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chickville Cemetery (Old)
      (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.

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

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

  • Effingham Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
  • Freedom
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • East Freedom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • East Freedom is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freedom
  • Effingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Madison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Madison is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
  • Center Ossipee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Center Effingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
  • Moultonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moultonville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultonville
  • Porter
    (6 miles [9.7 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
  • Ossipee Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
  • Snowville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • South Effingham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • North Parsonsfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Eaton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • West Ossipee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Lords 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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lords Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lords Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lords 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 professional and volunteer 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 Lords Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lords Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lords Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.