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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 North Woodstock (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 Woodstock. 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 Woodstock ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Woodstock: N. Woodstock

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 and doctors 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 Woodstock is located in Grafton County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties 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 North Woodstock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Woodstock:

  • Grafton County     (The home county of North Woodstock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Woodstock, with the one closest to North Woodstock listed first.
    • Lincoln
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Village of Loon Mountain
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village of Loon Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village of Loon Mountain
      • The Village of Loon Mountain is located in Grafton County
    • Woodstock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
      • Woodstock is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <2>
    • Easton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Easton is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
    • Boutin Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Benton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton Upper Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Upper Village
      • Campton Upper Village is located in Grafton County
    • Ellsworth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Warren
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Warren is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <2>
    • Landaff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landaff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
      • Landaff is located in Grafton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
    • Campton Lower Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton Lower Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Lower Village
      • Campton Lower Village is located in Grafton County
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Woodstock, with the one closest to North Woodstock listed first.
    • Center Harbor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Harbor
      • Center Harbor is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center Harbor <2>
    • Meredith
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meredith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
      • Meredith is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,476 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meredith <2>
    • New Hampton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
      • New Hampton is located in Belknap County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hampton <2>
  • Carroll County
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Woodstock, with the one closest to North Woodstock listed first.
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadleys Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
    • Carroll
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carroll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Carroll is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
    • Fabyan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Beans Grant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beans Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
      • Beans Grant is located in Coos County
    • Crawfords Purchase
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawfords Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
      • Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
    • Cutts Grant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutts Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
      • Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
    • Chandlers Purchase
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandlers Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
      • Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
    • Whitefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Sargents Purchase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sargents Purchase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
      • Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
    • Low and Burbanks Grant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low and Burbanks Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low and Burbanks Grant
      • Low and Burbanks Grant is located in Coos County
    • Dalton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Highlands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Caledonia County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Woodstock, with the one closest to North Woodstock listed first.
    • Lower Waterford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • McIndoe Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ryegate Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ryegate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
      • Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
    • Waterford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waterford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
      • Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Waterford
      • From North Woodstock to Waterford
    • Barnet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
      • Barnet is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
    • Groton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Passumpsic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Peacham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Essex County (VT)
  • Orange County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Woodstock, with the one closest to North Woodstock listed first.
    • Newbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • South Newbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Wells River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells River
      • Wells River is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells River <2>
    • West Newbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bradford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Newbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
      • Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
    • Bradford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
    • Newbury Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Fairlee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
      • Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Fairlee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Ely
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Fairlee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fairlee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
      • West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people

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

Cemeteries Near North Woodstock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Woodstock.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Woodstock had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Woodstock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Woodstock is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <2>
  • West Thornton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Thornton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Thornton
    • West Thornton is located in Grafton County
  • Wildwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Grafton County
  • Easton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Easton is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
  • Thornton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Warren
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Warren is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <2>
  • Benton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • West Campton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Campton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Campton
    • West Campton is located in Grafton County
  • Landaff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landaff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
    • Landaff is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Franconia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sugar Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Campton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
    • Campton is located in Grafton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton <2>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Swiftwater
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • East Haverhill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Haverhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haverhill
      • East Haverhill is located in Grafton County
    • Blair
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Blair is located in Grafton County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of North Woodstock ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Woodstock.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of North Woodstock. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of North Woodstock and those printed in the larger area surrounding North Woodstock.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of North Woodstock.

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 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 Woodstock:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Woodstock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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- North Woodstock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Woodstock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0303, Longitude: -71.6865    
<5>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.
<6>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 Woodstock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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