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 Merriwood Camp (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 Merriwood Camp. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Merriwood Camp 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 Merriwood Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merriwood Camp:
- Grafton County (The home county of Merriwood Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Wentworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orfordville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orfordville is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piermont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Dorchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorchester
- Orford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cheever
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cheever is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
- West Rumney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Rumney is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
- Haverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyme Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Lyme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Groton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Groton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- New Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Center Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Chicks Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Big Rock Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- North Sandwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sandwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Whiteface
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteface is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Danbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hill Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- North Grantham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Meriden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Grantham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Ryegate Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- Ryegate
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- McIndoe Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Groton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groton is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
- Lakeside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Barnet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- South Peacham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Peacham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Fairlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Fairlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- South Newbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- Newbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Newbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- West Fairlee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Post Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Thetford Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thetford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- East Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Corinth is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
- Washington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Websterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graniteville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Pompanoosuc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Norwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Wilder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Hartford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Quechee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- South Royalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merriwood Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Merriwood Camp.
Cemeteries Near Merriwood Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merriwood Camp.
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 Merriwood Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merriwood Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Cedar Grover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlee Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Haverhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- River Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brushwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ely - South Fairlee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Ladd Street Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kinderhood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blood Brook School Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Merriwood Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merriwood Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merriwood Camp, with the one closest to Merriwood Camp listed first.
- Wentworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orfordville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orfordville is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- North Dorchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Dorchester is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorchester
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piermont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cheever
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cheever is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
- West Rumney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Rumney is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
- East Haverhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Haverhill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haverhill
- Lyme Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Haverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Thetford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Thetford
- Lyme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merriwood Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merriwood Camp.
Newspapers Published in Merriwood Camp ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merriwood Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merriwood Camp, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merriwood Camp.
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 Merriwood Camp:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Caledonia County
- Orange County
- Washington 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 Merriwood Camp, 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' (or 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- Merriwood Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |