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 Lower Village (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 Lower Village. 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.
Lower Village is located in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Lower Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Village:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Lower Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Gilsum
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Surry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Roxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Keene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Drewsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Antrim Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Hillsboro Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sunapee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Blodgett Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Sutton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- New London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Contoocook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- South Acworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Langdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Acworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lempster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Charlestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Claremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- West Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Mayo Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Warwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Northfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- North Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Mount Hermon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Bernardston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
- Gill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
- Leyden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leyden is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Erving
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Erving is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Wendell Depot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Royalston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Winchendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Waterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Pequoig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Athol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Athol is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Bellows Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Saxtons River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Putney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Westminster West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Rockingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Rockingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cambridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Brookline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- North Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Ascutney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Perkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Andover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Village.
Cemeteries Near Lower Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Village.
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 Lower Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Centennial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centennial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Keene.
- The Centennial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bond Cemetery
- Centennial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987553 <3>
- Gilsum Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsum Village Cemetery
- The Gilsum Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ware Cemetery
- Southwest Burying Yard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Sullivan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joslin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Keene.
- The North Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2204438 <3>
- Slade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carpenter Hill Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Keene.
- The Carpenter Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crehore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2549015 <3>
- Monadnock View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #251415 <3>
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #796341 <3>
- Munsonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lower Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
- Gilsum
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Surry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Sullivan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Sullivan is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sullivan
- East Alstead
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
- East Westmoreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Westmoreland is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Westmoreland
- Munsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Munsonville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
- Alstead Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Keene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Westmoreland Depot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westmoreland Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland Depot
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- South Keene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Keene is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Keene
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Village.
Newspapers Published in Lower Village ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Village, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Village.
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 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 Lower Village:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Worcester County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lower Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Lower Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |