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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 Meadow Brook Village (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 Meadow Brook Village. 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 Meadow Brook Village ...
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 occur.
Another variation: Meadowbrook Village.
- A typical abbreviation for Meadow Brook Village: Meadow Brk. Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Meadow Brook Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meadow Brook Village.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Meadow Brook Village 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 Meadow Brook Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meadow Brook Village:
- Grafton County (The home county of Meadow Brook Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- Pinewood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Montcalm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lower Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Canaan Street
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- New London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Wilmot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Mount Sunapee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Wilmot Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Andover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- Meriden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Squag City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- North Grantham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Cornish City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Grantham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Croydon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Croydon Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- Union Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- South Strafford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Strafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Old City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Post Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Fairlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Tunbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Pittsfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Healdville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Shrewsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Mount Holly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Bowlsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- White River Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Wilder
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Quechee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Norwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Pompanoosuc
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- West Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Hartland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Hartland Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meadow Brook Village, see our County-by-County Page for Meadow Brook Village.
Cemeteries Near Meadow Brook Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadow Brook Village.
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 Meadow Brook Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meadow Brook Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- Old Pine Tree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trask Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hartford Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Christian Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Knolls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Russtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Daniels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Meadow Brook Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meadow Brook Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meadow Brook Village, with the one closest to Meadow Brook Village listed first.
- White River Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- West Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deweys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deweys Mills is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweys Mills
- East Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Plainfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Plainfield
- Meriden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Montcalm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanover Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Center
- West Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meadow Brook Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadow Brook Village.
Newspapers Published in Meadow Brook Village ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadow Brook Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadow Brook Village, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meadow Brook Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Meadow Brook Village:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Orange County
- Rutland 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> | 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 Meadow Brook Village, 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 from Point A (ie- Meadow Brook Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |