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 Maple Acres (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 Maple Acres. 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.
Maple Acres 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 Maple Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple Acres:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Maple Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Keene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Surry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Lower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Roxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Gilsum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swanzey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Swanzey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marlborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spofford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Swanzey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Antrim Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Elmwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Windsor
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Peterborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Bennington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Mount Sunapee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Acworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Acworth
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Charlestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lempster
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Quaker City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Claremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- West Northfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Mayo Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Northfield
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Warwick
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Mount Hermon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- North Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Gill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
- Bernardston
(23 miles [37 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
- Leyden
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Royalston
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Waterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Winchendon
(23 miles [37 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
- Athol
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Pequoig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Baldwinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Lane Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Brooks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- Phillipston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Phillipston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Ashburnham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- East Templeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Westminster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Putney
(10 miles [16.1 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- East Dummerston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dummerston
- Bellows Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Westminster West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Brattleboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dummerston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummerston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Fairview Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Brookline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brookline is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Brookline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chester Depot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Simonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Simonsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
- Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Andover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Maple Acres.
Cemeteries Near Maple Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Acres.
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 Maple Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Monadnock View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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 <2>
- West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ash Swamp Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernard's Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest Burying Yard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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]<3> to the northwest of Keene.
- The Carpenter Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crehore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2549015 <2>
- Lord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Spofford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spofford Cemetery is located in Spofford.
- The Spofford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spofford Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2402942 <2>
- Mt. Caesar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Caesar Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Caesar Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Swanzey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1446660 <2>
- Rhodes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Maple Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple Acres, with the one closest to Maple Acres listed first.
- Keene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Keene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Keene is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Keene
- Surry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- East Westmoreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Westmoreland is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Westmoreland
- Swanzey Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swanzey Station is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzey Station
- West Swanzey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swanzey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marlborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Sullivan is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sullivan
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilsum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westmoreland Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westmoreland Depot is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland Depot
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Westmoreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westport is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- East Swanzey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Acres.
Newspapers Published in Maple Acres ...
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 Maple Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Acres, 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 Maple Acres.
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 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 Maple Acres:
- 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> | 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple Acres) 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 Maple Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |