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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 Lyme Center (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 Lyme Center. 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 Lyme Center ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lyme Center: Lyme Ctr. (or less commonly used: Lyme Cen., Lyme Cent. or Lyme Cntr.)

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 hospitals 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.

Lyme Center is located in Grafton County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties 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 Lyme Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyme Center:

  • Grafton County     (The home county of Lyme Center)
  • Belknap County
    • New Hampton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
      • New Hampton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hampton <1>
  • Merrimack County
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lyme Center, with the one closest to Lyme Center listed first.
    • Meriden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • North Grantham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Grantham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grantham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantham
      • Grantham is located in Sullivan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantham <1>
    • Springfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Sullivan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
    • Mill Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Squag City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squag City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
      • Squag City is located in Sullivan County
    • Croydon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Georges Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • South Cornish
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Twin Lakes Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
      • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
    • Cornish City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
      • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
  • Caledonia County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lyme Center, with the one closest to Lyme Center listed first.
    • Groton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Ryegate Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Ryegate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
      • Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
  • Orange County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lyme Center, with the one closest to Lyme Center listed first.
    • Ely
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Thetford Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Thetford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thetford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
      • Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
    • Union Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
      • Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
    • Fairlee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairlee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
      • Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Post Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Fairlee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
      • West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • South Strafford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Strafford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strafford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
      • Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
    • Bradford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Old City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
      • Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Washington County (VT)
  • Windsor County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lyme Center, with the one closest to Lyme Center listed first.
    • Pompanoosuc
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewiston ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <1>
    • Norwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
    • Wilder
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
      • Wilder is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilder <1>
    • West Norwich
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hartford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • White River Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
    • Hartford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
    • North Hartland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Quechee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quechee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
      • Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Quechee
      • From Lyme Center to Quechee

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

Cemeteries Near Lyme Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyme Center.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • East Thetford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Thetford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Thetford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilmot Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilmot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilmot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Follett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Follett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Follett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ely - South Fairlee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ely - South Fairlee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ely - South Fairlee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thetford Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thetford Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thetford Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • The Glebe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Glebe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Glebe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fairlee Village Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Post Mills Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (355 more) ...
    • Jackman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • New Boston Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Boston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Boston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Community Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lyme Center had a population of 108 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lyme
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • North Thetford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Thetford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Thetford
    • North Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
  • Pompanoosuc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Orfordville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
    • Orfordville is located in Grafton County
  • Hanover Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Center
    • Hanover Center is located in Grafton County
  • Thetford Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Union Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
    • Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
  • North Dorchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Orford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orford
    • Orford is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orford <1>
  • Fairlee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Etna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Canaan Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
    • Canaan Center is located in Grafton County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Lyme Center ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyme Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyme Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lyme Center.

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 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 Lyme Center:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyme Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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>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 Lyme Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lyme Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lyme Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7994, Longitude: -72.1254    









 

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