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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 Meredith Hill (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 Meredith Hill. 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 doctors and 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.

Meredith Hill is located in Belknap 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 Belknap County: Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack & Strafford.

Below are the counties that are near Meredith Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meredith Hill:

  • Belknap County     (The home county of Meredith Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • New Hampton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gaza
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Gaza is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
    • Wildwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
    • Winona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Meredith
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanbornton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Winnisquam
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlaken Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Laconia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gardners Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
    • Tilton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gilford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Glendale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • Big Rock Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
    • Moultonborough
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Chicks Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
    • Melvin Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandwich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandwich is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
    • Tuftonboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Federal Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
    • Stockbridge Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
    • Wolfeboro Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Wolfeboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • South Wolfeboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
    • North Sandwich
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fernald
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fernald is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
  • Grafton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • Bristol
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bridgewater
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Holderness
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Alexandria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • South Alexandria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
    • Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hebron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Groton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Quincy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Quincy is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • East Grafton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • East Grafton is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
    • Campton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Grafton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Merrimack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hill is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Hill Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
    • Franklin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Northfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • East Andover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • East Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
    • Danbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Andover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salisbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Canterbury
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Shaker Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Potter Place
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
    • West Andover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • West Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
    • Boscawen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Strafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • New Durham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Davis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Middleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Middleton is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
    • Dexter Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
    • Strafford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meredith Hill, with the one closest to Meredith Hill listed first.
    • Springfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Springfield is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
    • Twin Lakes Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
    • Georges Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fernwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
    • Lower Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
    • North Grantham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
    • Sunapee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grantham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Croydon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Croydon is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people

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

Cemeteries Near Meredith Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meredith Hill.

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 Meredith Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Eastman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mead Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Town Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Crockett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sanbornton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Round Bay Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (200 more) ...
    • Webster Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Webster Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Ashland.
    • Doe Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Meredith Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meredith Hill.

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

  • North Sanbornton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Sanbornton is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sanbornton
  • New Hampton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gaza
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gaza is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
  • Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill is located in Merrimack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
  • Sanbornton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Meredith
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • East Tilton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • East Tilton is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tilton
  • Laconia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bristol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ashland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Tilton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gardners Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bridgewater
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gilford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Meredith Hill ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meredith Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meredith Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meredith Hill.

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 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 Meredith Hill:

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' (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- Meredith Hill) 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 Meredith Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.