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 Pike (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 Pike. 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 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.
Pike is located in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Pike. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pike:
- Grafton County (The home county of Pike)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Haverhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Haverhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Piermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swiftwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Woodsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boutin Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boutin Corner is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutin Corner
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Upper Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Landaff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Landaff is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landaff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jockey Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Carroll County
- Chicks Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Whitefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Ryegate Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- Ryegate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- Groton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McIndoe Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Groton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groton is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
- Lakeside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Barnet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- South Peacham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Lower Waterford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peacham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peacham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peacham is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
- Passumpsic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Passumpsic is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passumpsic
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- East Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- South Newbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Newbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
- Bradford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- Wells River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newbury Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury Center is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center
- Fairlee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- East Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Corinth is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
- Fairlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairlee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Washington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Lanesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lanesboro is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Plainfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
- Websterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barre is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Graniteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Marshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshfield is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,465 people
- South Cabot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cabot
- South Barre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Barre is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Barre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barre is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Marshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cabot is located in Washington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Cabot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- Pompanoosuc
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- West Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Wilder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Royalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Royalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- East Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pike, see our County-by-County Page for Pike.
Cemeteries Near Pike ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pike.
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 Pike - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pike covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- East Haverhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ladd Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Center Haverhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Abbot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Haverhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oxbow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Horse Meadow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Newbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rogers Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pike in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pike.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pike, with the one closest to Pike listed first.
- East Haverhill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Haverhill is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haverhill
- Haverhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Newbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- North Haverhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Newbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Swiftwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swiftwater is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Wells River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bradford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bradford Center is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Woodsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pike. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pike.
Newspapers Published in Pike ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pike.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pike, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pike.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Pike:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coos County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Orange County
- Washington 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> | 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 Pike, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pike) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |