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 Puckershire (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 Puckershire. 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 northwest 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 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.
Puckershire is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Puckershire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Puckershire:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Puckershire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Claremont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kelleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Quaker City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- South Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Balloch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Croydon Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Acworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Goshen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Charlestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Alstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Drewsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Cold River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Marlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Walpole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gilsum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stoddard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Surry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Montcalm
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Upper Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Meadow Brook Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Lockehaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lower Shaker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Enfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Grafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsborough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Antrim Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Clinton Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Antrim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Newbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New London
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sutton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Melvin Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Wilmot Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Potter Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Landgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Orange County (VT)
- Union Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Healdville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Bowlsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Shrewsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Killington Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Mount Tabor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Bellows Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Grafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Grafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Westminster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Ascutney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- North Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Perkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Sheddsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- Baltimore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Puckershire, see our County-by-County Page for Puckershire.
Cemeteries Near Puckershire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Puckershire.
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 Puckershire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Puckershire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Mountainview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Claremont Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weathersfield Bow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walker - Gill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- North Newport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Newport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Newport.
- The North Newport Cemetery has also been known as:
- Northville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145902 <3>
- Ascutneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ascutneyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Puckershire in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Puckershire.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Puckershire, with the one closest to Puckershire listed first.
- Claremont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chandlers Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chandlers Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Mills
- West Claremont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Claremont is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Claremont
- Claremont Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claremont Junction is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont Junction
- North Charlestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Charlestown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charlestown
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Kelleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Quaker City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- North Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Newport is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- South Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Unity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Croydon Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Weathersfield
(7 miles [11.3 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Puckershire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Puckershire.
Newspapers Published in Puckershire ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Puckershire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Puckershire, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Puckershire.
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 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 Puckershire:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Puckershire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Puckershire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |