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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 Lyford Crossing (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 Lyford Crossing. 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 Lyford Crossing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lyford Crossing: Lyford Xing.
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.
Lyford Crossing 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 Lyford Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyford Crossing:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Lyford Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Brentwood Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- Epping
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Exeter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nottingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Candia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Barnstead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Massabesic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- East Merrimack
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Reeds Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Litchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- South Hooksett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Allenstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Gossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Suncook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooksett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chichester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Horse Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Pittsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Madbury
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Bow Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Strafford Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Rollinsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Somersworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Merrimac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Amesbury
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Rocks Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Ayers Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- West Newbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Haverhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Salisbury
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Groveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Tozier Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Ward Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Newburyport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Byfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byfield is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Dracut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Ayres City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Tewksbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- Middlesex Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- Tyngsbororough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- North Chelmsford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Princeton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- North Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- West Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Dunstable
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Eliot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kittery Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Payneton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- York Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- York Harbor is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- York Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyford Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Lyford Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Lyford Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyford Crossing.
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 Lyford Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyford Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Sleeper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hodgdon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wiggin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Epping Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Blake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ladd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Cemetery
- The Ladd Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladd Home Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540248 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Lyford Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lyford Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyford Crossing, with the one closest to Lyford Crossing listed first.
- Fremont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Epping
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Epping
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Epping is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Epping
- North Danville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Danville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Danville
- North Epping
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Epping is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Epping
- Raymond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee
- Nottingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- East Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wadley Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wadley Falls is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadley Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyford Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyford Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Lyford Crossing ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyford Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyford Crossing, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lyford Crossing.
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 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 Lyford Crossing:
- 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> | 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> | 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 Lyford Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lyford Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |