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 Northwood Center (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 Northwood Center. 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 Northwood Center ...
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 Northwood Center: Northwood Ctr. (or less commonly used: Northwood Cen., Northwood Cent. or Northwood Cntr.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Northwood Center is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Northwood Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northwood Center:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Northwood Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- James City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Deerfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Candia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Epping
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brentwood Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Barnstead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alton Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Gardners Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Wolfeboro Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fernald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Stockbridge Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- East Wakefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Federal Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- North Wolfeboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Woodman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Massabesic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Pinardville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- East Merrimack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Tavern Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- North Weare
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Weare
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <1>
- Chase Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Epsom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Pittsfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Chichester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Allenstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Loudon Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Suncook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hooksett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Strafford Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- East Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Dexter Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Pickering
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Rochester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Merrimac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Amesbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Ayers Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Rocks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- West Newbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eliot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Berwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Varney Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Varney Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Crossing
- North Berwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Payneton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- Admiralty Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Beech Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Kittery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Acton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northwood Center, see our County-by-County Page for Northwood Center.
Cemeteries Near Northwood Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northwood Center.
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 Northwood Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northwood Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Bennett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whittier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caverly Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Caverly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Parade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Center Strafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McClary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Northwood Center had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northwood Center, with the one closest to Northwood Center listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood Narrows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Northwood Narrows is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Narrows
- Northwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Nottingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nottingham
- West Barrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barrington
- Center Strafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Strafford is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Strafford
- Deerfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Nottingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Nottingham
- Epsom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Barnstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Barnstead is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barnstead
- Leavitts Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leavitts Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitts Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- South Deerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Deerfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northwood Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northwood Center.
Newspapers Published in Northwood Center ...
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 196 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northwood Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northwood Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northwood Center.
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 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 Northwood Center:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- York 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northwood Center) 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 Northwood Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |