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 Salisbury (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 Salisbury. 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 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 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.
Salisbury is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Salisbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salisbury:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Salisbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- East Andover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boscawen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Potter Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Lower Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Warner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Boyce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boyce is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Tilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Sanbornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Winnisquam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Laconia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Melvin Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Moultonborough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuftonboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- South Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Groton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Canaan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lockehaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Chase Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- North Weare
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Slab City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Weare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <1>
- Hillsboro Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsborough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- East Deering
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Holton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Tavern Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- James City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Northwood Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Candia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- New Durham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Bow Lake Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Fernwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Georges Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Croydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Goshen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grantham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Grantham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salisbury, see our County-by-County Page for Salisbury.
Cemeteries Near Salisbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salisbury.
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 Salisbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salisbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bog Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shaw Corner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corser Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Webster Place Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salisbury had a population of 135 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Salisbury had a population of 1,468 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salisbury, with the one closest to Salisbury listed first.
- West Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- East Andover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boscawen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bagley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bagley is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Davisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Davisville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- Canterbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Potter Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Penacook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Penacook is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penacook
- Tilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salisbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salisbury.
Newspapers Published in Salisbury ...
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 204 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salisbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salisbury, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salisbury.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Salisbury:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan 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> | 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> | 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 Salisbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Salisbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |