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 Sargents Purchase (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 Sargents Purchase. 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 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.
Sargents Purchase is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Oxford (ME), Carroll, Grafton & Essex (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Sargents Purchase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sargents Purchase:
- Coos County (The home county of Sargents Purchase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Cutts Grant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Pinkhams Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Beans Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Crawfords Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Hadleys Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Martins Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Low and Burbanks Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Purchase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harts Location
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Notchland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Jericho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Livermore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Intervale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Kearsarge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Hale's Location
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- North Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Passaconaway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Pierce Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Maplewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waterville Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Apthorp
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Littleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Easton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sugar Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- West Bridgton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Bridgton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Bridgton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Stow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Center Lovell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stoneham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Fryeburg Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Lovell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Gilead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Fryeburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Fryeburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Sweden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- West Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Bethel is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethel
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Lunenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Guildhall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Guildhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sargents Purchase, see our County-by-County Page for Sargents Purchase.
Cemeteries Near Sargents Purchase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sargents Purchase.
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 Sargents Purchase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sargents Purchase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crawford Family Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south of Lancaster.
- The Crawford Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375827 <3>
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ridge Cemetery
- The Garland Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #227851 <3>
- Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman / Charles Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hayes Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fox Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lord Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (154 more) ...
- Hazelton Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charles Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Sargents Purchase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sargents Purchase.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sargents Purchase, with the one closest to Sargents Purchase listed first.
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Sawyers River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
- Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fabyan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Lower Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Intervale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kearsarge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- North Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jefferson Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Highland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Highland
- Gorham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sargents Purchase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sargents Purchase.
Newspapers Published in Sargents Purchase ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sargents Purchase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sargents Purchase, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sargents Purchase.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sargents Purchase:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Essex 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sargents Purchase) 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 Sargents Purchase, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |