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 Sawyers River (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 Sawyers River. 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.
Name Variations for Sawyers River ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Sawyers River: Sawyers Riv.
- While the name of this community is Sawyers River, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sawyers River may originally have been Sawyer's River.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sawyers River might be written as Sawyer River.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Sawyers River 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 Sawyers River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sawyers River:
- Carroll County (The home county of Sawyers River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Notchland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Livermore
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bartlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harts Location
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Passaconaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Hale's Location
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Kearsarge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- North Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ferncroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Center Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meredith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Hadleys Purchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Cutts Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Sargents Purchase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Beans Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Crawfords Purchase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Pinkhams Grant
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Fabyan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glen House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Low and Burbanks Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beans Purchase
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Waterville Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Thornton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Lower Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campton Upper Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Cumberland County (ME)
- West Bridgton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- North Fryeburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Stow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Lovell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center Lovell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Merrill Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Brownfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Stoneham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneham is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- East Brownfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Sweden
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- East Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Lunenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sawyers River, see our County-by-County Page for Sawyers River.
Cemeteries Near Sawyers River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sawyers River.
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 Sawyers River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sawyers River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Albany Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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]<4> 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>
- Chocorua Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Center Conway Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Conway Cemetery
- The Center Conway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Conway Village Cemetery
- Conway Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169752 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Madison Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- West Fryeburg Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Charles Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Emerson Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sawyers River had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sawyers River, with the one closest to Sawyers River listed first.
- Bartlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Lower Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Intervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- North Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kearsarge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fabyan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Redstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Redstone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Center Conway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glen House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Twin Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tamworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chocorua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sawyers River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sawyers River.
Newspapers Published in Sawyers River ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sawyers River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sawyers River, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sawyers River.
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 websites either 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 Sawyers River:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Essex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sawyers River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Sawyers River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |