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 Short Falls (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 Short Falls. 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 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.
Short Falls 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 Short Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Short Falls:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Short Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Epsom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Chichester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Websters Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Suncook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Loudon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Barnstead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Allens Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alton Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gardners Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnisquam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sanbornton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Fernald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Massabesic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grasmere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Pinardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Goffstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Weare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Tavern Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Chase Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Slab City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- New Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- James City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Northwood Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Candia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Candia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Epping
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Strafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Barrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Strafford Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- East Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Lee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Davis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Glenmere Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- New Durham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Essex County (MA)
- Ayers Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Berwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eliot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Berwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Short Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Short Falls.
Cemeteries Near Short Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Short Falls.
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 Short Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Short Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McClary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gossville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Knowlton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whittier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Suncook.
- The St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980424 <2>
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Short Falls had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Short Falls, with the one closest to Short Falls listed first.
- Epsom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Allenstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chichester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Chichester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Chichester is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chichester
- Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Suncook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leavitts Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leavitts Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitts Hill
- Northwood Narrows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Northwood Narrows is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Narrows
- Deerfield Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pittsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Loudon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Short Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Short Falls.
Newspapers Published in Short Falls ...
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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Short Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Short Falls, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Short Falls.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Short Falls:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Essex 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Short Falls) 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 Short Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |