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 Pages Corner (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 Pages Corner. 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 Pages Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Pages Corner: Pages Cor. (or less commonly used: Pages Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Pages Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pages Corner may originally have been Page's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pages Corner might be written as Page Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pages Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pages Corner.
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 and hospitals 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.
Pages Corner 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 Pages Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pages Corner:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Pages Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Elkins
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Wilmot Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Potter Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- West Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Sutton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sunapee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Sanbornton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gaza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Gardners Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- New Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winnisquam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Wildwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Laconia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gilmanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winona
(26 miles [41.8 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 Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Alstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Drewsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Gilsum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Grafton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- South Alexandria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Canaan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Orange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Montcalm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lower Shaker Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Bridgewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(19 miles [30.6 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 <2>
- Windsor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Holton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- North Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Chase Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- North Weare
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Slab City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- East Deering
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Fernwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lower Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Grantham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Croydon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- North Grantham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Ascutney
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Hartland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland Four Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pages Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Pages Corner.
Cemeteries Near Pages Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pages Corner.
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 Pages Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pages Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- Elkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 <3>
- Old Main Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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.
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Millwoods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hobbs - Swett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Waterloo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waterloo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Waterloo Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of Warner.
- The New Waterloo Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Warner Cemetery
- East Sutton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prescott Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Pages Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pages Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pages Corner, with the one closest to Pages Corner listed first.
- North Sutton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- New London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Potter Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- West Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- South Sutton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Sutton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sutton
- East Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Springfield
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sunapee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Sunapee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pages Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pages Corner.
Newspapers Published in Pages Corner ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pages Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pages Corner, 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 Pages Corner.
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 websites either 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 Pages Corner:
- 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
- Windsor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pages Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Pages Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |