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 Lynn (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 Lynn. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lynn is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Lynn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lynn:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Lynn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Acworth
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Quaker City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Lempster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Unity
(5 miles [8 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
- Langdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Charlestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Claremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Alstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Drewsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Cold River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Gilsum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lower Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Stoddard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walpole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Surry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Montcalm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- East Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Mascoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Windsor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsboro Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Hillsborough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <1>
- Clinton Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Antrim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Sutton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Henniker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Warner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Lower Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Landgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Healdville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Rockingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Saxtons River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Westminster West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ascutney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Perkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Downers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- Greenbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lynn, see our County-by-County Page for Lynn.
Cemeteries Near Lynn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lynn.
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 Lynn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lynn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Acworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Acworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth Cemetery
- The Acworth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Batchelder - Nye Road Cemetery
- Old Acworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276810 <2>
- Baker Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Lempster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unity Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upper Langdon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Unity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Langdon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Charlestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lynn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lynn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lynn, with the one closest to Lynn listed first.
- Acworth
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- East Acworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acworth
- Quaker City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- East Lempster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lempster
- Lempster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Unity
(5 miles [8 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
- Langdon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Alstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Alstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
- East Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Alstead Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Charlestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drewsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Marlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lynn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lynn.
Newspapers Published in Lynn ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lynn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lynn, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lynn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Lynn:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Bennington County
- Rutland 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lynn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lynn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |