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 Pollys Crossing (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 Pollys Crossing. 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 Pollys Crossing ...
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 Pollys Crossing: Pollys Xing.
- While the name of this community is Pollys Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pollys Crossing may originally have been Polly's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pollys Crossing might be written as Polly Crossing.
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.
Pollys Crossing is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Oxford (ME), York (ME), Belknap, Coos, Grafton & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Pollys Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pollys Crossing:
- Carroll County (The home county of Pollys Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Chickville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Ossipee
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Wolfeboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Water Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- Federal Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Ossipee Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
- Fernald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Stockbridge Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- South Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuftonboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Samoset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Spring Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Glendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Center Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alton Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meredith
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coos County
- Hadleys Purchase
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Campton Upper Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Lower Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Campton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thornton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Loudon Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Middleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- New Durham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Davis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- North Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- West Baldwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Steep Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sebago
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <2>
- Standish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Bridgton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- West Bridgton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Sebago Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Sandy Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Porter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Merrill Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Brownfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- East Hiram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Fryeburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- South Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- Stevens Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- North Parsonsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Parsonsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- West Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Parsonsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
- Newfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Shapleigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Sprague City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- Limerick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Acton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pollys Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Pollys Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Pollys Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pollys Crossing.
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 Pollys Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pollys Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Beacham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chickville Cemetery (Old)
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chickville Cemetery (New)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Wolfeboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Wolfeboro Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Wolfeboro.
- Town Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hall Cemetery
- The Town Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Town Hall Cemetery
- Wolfeboro Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerly Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hersey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bodge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woods Cemetery is located in the vicinity of East Wakefield
- The Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perkins Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2572960 <4>
- Leavitt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<5>
While we didn't find Pollys Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pollys Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pollys Crossing, with the one closest to Pollys Crossing listed first.
- Ossipee
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Water Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- North Wolfeboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Center Ossipee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moultonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moultonville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultonville
- Center Tuftonboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfeboro Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Fernald
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- North Wakefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wakefield
- Ossipee Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ossipee Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee Valley
- Center Effingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center Effingham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Effingham
- Tuftonboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Effingham Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Effingham Falls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pollys Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pollys Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Pollys Crossing ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pollys Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pollys Crossing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pollys Crossing.
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 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 Pollys Crossing:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pollys Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Pollys Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |