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 Perkins Hill (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 Perkins Hill. 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 Perkins Hill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Perkins Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Perkins Hill may originally have been Perkin's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Perkins Hill might be written as Perkin Hill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Perkins Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Perkins Hill.
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 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 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.
Perkins Hill 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 Perkins Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perkins Hill:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Perkins Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Monahan Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Monahan Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahan Corners
- East Kingston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kensington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sanborn Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sanborn Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Corners
- Newfields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stratham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- South Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nason Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
- Belknap County
- Barnstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Massabesic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Reeds Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Litchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Merrimack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Nashua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- South Hooksett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Allenstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Martin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Gossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Hooksett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pembroke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suncook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chichester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Horse Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pickering
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Rollinsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Lake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Somersworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <2>
- Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Amesbury
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Merrimac
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Rocks Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Salisbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- West Newbury
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Newburyport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Haverhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Newbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Byfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Byfield is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Ayers Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Dracut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- North Reading
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Lowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Tewksbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- West Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Ayres City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Middlesex Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- North Chelmsford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Princeton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Tyngsbororough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- North Billerica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Billerica is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- South Eliot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eliot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kittery Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Beech Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Payneton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- South Berwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- York Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- York Harbor is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- York Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perkins Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Perkins Hill.
Cemeteries Near Perkins Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perkins Hill.
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 Perkins Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perkins Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- Wadleigh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Exeter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Winter Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dudley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Olde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olde Cemetery is located outside and to the east of East Kingston.
- The Olde Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Cemetery
- Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Cemetery
- The Plains Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kingston Plains Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pike Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Exeter.
- Ye Old Neighborhood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cram Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- Brentwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the south of Kingston.
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Kingston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1081274 <3>
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Perkins Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perkins Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perkins Hill, with the one closest to Perkins Hill listed first.
- East Kingston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Powwow River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Powwow River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwow River
- Kensington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stratham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Danville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Danville
- Newton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Epping
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newton Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Junction is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Junction
- Amesbury
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Seabrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perkins Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perkins Hill.
Newspapers Published in Perkins Hill ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkins Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perkins Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perkins Hill.
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 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 Perkins Hill:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- York 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perkins Hill) 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 Perkins Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |