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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 Rockywold (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 Rockywold. 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 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.

Rockywold 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 Rockywold. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockywold:

  • Grafton County     (The home county of Rockywold)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.
    • Holderness
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Campton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Campton Lower Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterville Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellsworth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellsworth is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Quincy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Quincy is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Bridgewater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rumney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.
    • Center Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Meredith
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Interlaken Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • New Hampton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Glendale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Wildwood Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
    • Gaza
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Gaza is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
    • Laconia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gilford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Samoset
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Spring Haven
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.
    • Big Rock Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
    • Chicks Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
    • Sandwich
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sandwich is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
    • Moultonborough
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Sandwich
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiteface
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Whiteface is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • South Tamworth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • South Tamworth is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tamworth
    • Ferncroft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
    • Wonalancet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wonalancet is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonalancet
    • Melvin Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Whittier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Whittier is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
    • Tamworth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Coos County
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
  • Merrimack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.
    • Hill Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
    • Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hill is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Franklin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Northfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Danbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • East Andover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • East Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
    • Andover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Salisbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Shaker Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Potter Place
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
    • West Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • West Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
    • Wilmot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilmot is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <1>
  • Strafford County
    • New Durham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • Porter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.
    • South Effingham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
    • Stevens Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • North Parsonsfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
    • Parsonsfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockywold, see our County-by-County Page for Rockywold.

Cemeteries Near Rockywold ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockywold.

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 Rockywold - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockywold covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.

  • Prescott Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Squam Bridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bean Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Campton Hollow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Churchyard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mason Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Elm Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blair Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Pond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Plymouth.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103087 <2>
    • Webster Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Webster Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Ashland.
    • Mad River Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Rockywold in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockywold.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockywold, with the one closest to Rockywold listed first.

  • Holderness
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Center Sandwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Center Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandwich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sandwich is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
  • Campton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Blair is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Moultonborough
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • West Campton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Campton is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Campton
  • Plymouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Meredith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • North Sandwich
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Thornton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • West Plymouth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • West Plymouth is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plymouth
    • Quincy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Quincy is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockywold. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockywold.

Newspapers Published in Rockywold ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockywold.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockywold, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockywold.

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 Rockywold:

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>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.
<3>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- Rockywold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rockywold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.