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 North Charlestown (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 North Charlestown. 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 North Charlestown ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Charlestown: N. Charlestown
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
North Charlestown 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 North Charlestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Charlestown:
- Sullivan County (The home county of North Charlestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Quaker City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Charlestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Balloch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Kelleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Langdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Acworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Cornish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Cornish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Cornish City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Alstead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Drewsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Alstead Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Cold River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Walpole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Surry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Stoddard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Sullivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Montcalm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Lower Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Mascoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Sachem Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Enfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- North Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Hillsborough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Holton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Newbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Melvin Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Wilmot Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Wilmot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- West Andover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Landgrove
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Bromley Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Winhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Healdville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(23 miles [37 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
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Mount Tabor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- West Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Shrewsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Wallingford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Killington Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Bellows Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Westminster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Cambridgeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Saxtons River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Grafton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ascutney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Downers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Greenbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Baltimore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Chester Depot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Charlestown, see our County-by-County Page for North Charlestown.
Cemeteries Near North Charlestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Charlestown.
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 North Charlestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Charlestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Hubbard Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hope Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walker - Gill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eureka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crown Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield Bow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charlestown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tuttle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Charlestown had a population of 95 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Charlestown, with the one closest to North Charlestown listed first.
- Quaker City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Claremont Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Claremont Junction is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont Junction
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charlestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Claremont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Claremont is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Claremont
- Weathersfield
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Chandlers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chandlers Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Mills
- Perkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kelleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Amsden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Bartonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bartonsville is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Charlestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Charlestown.
Newspapers Published in North Charlestown ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Charlestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Charlestown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Charlestown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 North Charlestown:
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Charlestown) 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 North Charlestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |