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 Lyman (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 Lyman. 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.
Lyman is located in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Lyman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyman:
- Grafton County (The home county of Lyman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Lisbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jockey Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Upper Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Landaff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Landaff is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Franconia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Littleton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton
- Swiftwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Woodsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Apthorp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Harts Location
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Notchland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Livermore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Whitefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Fabyan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Highlands
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highlands is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crawfords Purchase
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Jefferson Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Highland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Highland
- Starr King
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Starr King is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr King
- Beans Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Northumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Lower Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- McIndoe Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Barnet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- Passumpsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Passumpsic is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passumpsic
- Ryegate Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- Ryegate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- Saint Johnsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenbank Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow
- Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
- Greenbank Village
- Greenbanks
- South Danville
- South Peacham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Harvey Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow
- Pumpkin Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Hill is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
- Peacham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- East Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Damon Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Damon Crossing is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon Crossing
- Lunenburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Victory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Victory is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gallup Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- Granby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Guildhall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Granby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Granby is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- East Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Haven is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Guildhall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamoille County (VT)
- Elmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmore is located in Lamoille County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Wells River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury Center is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center
- Newbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
- Newbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Newbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- West Newbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Topsham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Topsham is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- East Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Corinth is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Fairlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- West Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Corinth is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth
- Orleans County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Greensboro Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Washington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Lanesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- South Cabot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cabot
- Cabot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Cabot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Cabot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cabot
- Marshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marshfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,465 people
- Marshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Plainfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
- South Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- East Calais
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Calais
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Calais is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- North Calais
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Calais is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyman, see our County-by-County Page for Lyman.
Cemeteries Near Lyman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyman.
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 Lyman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Pond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moulton Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pettyboro District Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Littleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bath Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Center Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Waterford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McIndoe Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Lyman had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lyman had a population of 532 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyman, with the one closest to Lyman listed first.
- Lisbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barnet
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Lower Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- West Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waterford
- McIndoe Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- East Ryegate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ryegate
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Landaff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Landaff is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Littleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Passumpsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Passumpsic is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passumpsic
- Wells River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyman.
Newspapers Published in Lyman ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyman, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lyman.
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 Lyman:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coos County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Lamoille County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Washington 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 Lyman, 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' (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- Lyman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |