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 Sanbornville (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 Sanbornville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Sanbornville 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 Sanbornville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sanbornville:
- Carroll County (The home county of Sanbornville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Brookfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Wakefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- South Wolfeboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Fernald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- North Wolfeboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wolfeboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ossipee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Alton Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Samoset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Barnstead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Laconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grafton County
- Holderness
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Pittsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Websters Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Shaker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Epsom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Chichester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Canterbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- James City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Nottingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 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
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Davis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- North Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Dexter Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- East Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Strafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- West Baldwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Standish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Sebago
(29 miles [46.7 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 <1>
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gorham is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <1>
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- East Hiram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Merrill Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Acton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- North Shapleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Stevens Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- West Newfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shapleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- Sprague City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- Ross Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ross Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parsonsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sanbornville, see our County-by-County Page for Sanbornville.
Cemeteries Near Sanbornville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sanbornville.
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 Sanbornville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sanbornville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Lovell Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lyford - Hutchins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twombly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Highland Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Wolfeboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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.
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Wolfeboro Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nutes Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sanbornville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sanbornville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sanbornville, with the one closest to Sanbornville listed first.
- Brookfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Milton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Mills is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Mills
- East Wakefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Wakefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Wakefield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wakefield
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 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
- Acton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- South Acton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Acton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton
- North Shapleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- South Wolfeboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- West Newfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Wolfeboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sanbornville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sanbornville.
Newspapers Published in Sanbornville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanbornville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sanbornville, 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 Sanbornville.
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 Sanbornville:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sanbornville) 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 Sanbornville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |