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 Otterville (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 Otterville. 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 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.
Otterville is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Otterville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Otterville:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Otterville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Elkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Wilmot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Sunapee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Gaza
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Sanbornton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Winnisquam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Allens Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Laconia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Marlow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Alstead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Gilsum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Walpole
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Grafton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Lockehaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Upper Shaker Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Montcalm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lower Shaker Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Canaan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- South Alexandria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Canaan Street
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Mascoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Holton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Chase Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Deering
(26 miles [41.8 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
- North Weare
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Slab City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Clinton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Fernwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Georges Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lower Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Croydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Grantham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- North Grantham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kelleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Union Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Rockingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellows Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(28 miles [45.1 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
- North Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ascutney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Hartland Four Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Wilder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Weathersfield
(21 miles [33.8 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Otterville, see our County-by-County Page for Otterville.
Cemeteries Near Otterville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otterville.
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 Otterville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Otterville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Eastman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lower Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Main Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Main Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Main Street Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of New London.
- Asa Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elkins Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Elkins.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147562 <2>
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinegrove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunbar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pinacle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (348 more) ...
- Maple Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burpee Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hastings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Otterville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Otterville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Otterville, with the one closest to Otterville listed first.
- Georges Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunapee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- West Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Guild
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Guild is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
- East Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Springfield
- Croydon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Mount Sunapee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grantham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Croydon Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Otterville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otterville.
Newspapers Published in Otterville ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Otterville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Otterville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Otterville.
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 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 Otterville:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Sullivan County
- Orange 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> | 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 Otterville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Otterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |