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 Newport (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 Newport. 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 Newport ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Newport: N. Newport
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Newport. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Newport.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
North Newport 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 Newport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Newport:
- Sullivan County (The home county of North Newport)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Kelleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Croydon Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Newport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Lower Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fernwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Grantham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Marlow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Drewsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Stoddard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gilsum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walpole
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Surry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Montcalm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Enfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Meadow Brook Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- East Grafton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Canaan Street
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 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 Lower Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- North Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Holton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Clinton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Antrim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- East Deering
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Sutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- West Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Melvin Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Potter Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Andover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Union Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Healdville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- West Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Mount Holly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Saxtons River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 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 Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Ascutney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Weathersfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fieldsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Hartland Four Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Downers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Greenbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Newport, see our County-by-County Page for North Newport.
Cemeteries Near North Newport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Newport.
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 Newport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Newport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- North Newport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Newport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Newport.
- The North Newport Cemetery has also been known as:
- Northville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145902 <3>
- Pine Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinegrove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pinacle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eastman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Asa Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Unity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- Edminister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Newport had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Newport, with the one closest to North Newport listed first.
- Kelleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Chandlers Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chandlers Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Mills
- Newport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Guild
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guild is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
- Croydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- East Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunapee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grantham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Claremont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Claremont is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Claremont
- Cornish Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Flat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Newport. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Newport.
Newspapers Published in North Newport ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Newport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Newport, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Newport.
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 North Newport:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Orange 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> | 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- North Newport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Newport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |