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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sargent. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sargent to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sargent, please Contact Us.
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 Sargent (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 Sargent. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sargent is historic, it would have been located within present day Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Essex (MA), Middlesex (MA), Worcester (MA), Cheshire, Merrimack, Rockingham & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Sargent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sargent:
- Hillsborough County (The home county of Sargent)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Tavern Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Goffstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- North Weare
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grasmere
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Chase Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Slab City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Pinardville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- East Deering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Francestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Allens Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Barnstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanbornton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Bonds Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Eastview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stoddard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Jaffrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rindge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Marlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Roxbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Dunbarton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <2>
- Hooksett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hopkinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bow Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- South Hooksett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Contoocook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pembroke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suncook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Candia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Londonderry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Derry Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Derry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- James City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Raymond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hubbard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Strafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lempster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Essex County (MA)
- Ayers Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Pepperell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- West Townsend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Ashby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Babbatasset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Dunstable
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- East Pepperell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Townsend Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- South Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Tyngsbororough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- Old City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Paper Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Collinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Worcester County (MA)
- Lane Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sargent, see our County-by-County Page for Sargent.
Cemeteries Near Sargent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sargent.
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 Sargent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sargent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Westlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Weare Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Weare.
- The South Weare Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102907 <3>
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Weare Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Weare Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102848 <3>
- Center Square Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Square Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Square Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Weare.
- The Center Square Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weare Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103167 <3>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Weare.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137979 <3>
- Corliss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Boston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Villa Augustina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- East Dunbarton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Sargent in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sargent.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sargent, with the one closest to Sargent listed first.
- Everett ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Everett is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Goffstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Weare ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weare
- Dunbarton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- South Weare
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weare
- Weare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Weare
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Clinton Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clinton Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Grove
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <2>
- East Deering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Francestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bow Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sargent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sargent.
Newspapers Published in Sargent ...
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 221 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sargent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sargent, 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 Sargent.
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 Sargent:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Hillsborough County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sargent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Sargent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |