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 Smiths Corner (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 Smiths Corner. 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 Smiths Corner ...
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 Smiths Corner: Smiths Cor. (or less commonly used: Smiths Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Smiths Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Corner may originally have been Smith's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Corner might be written as Smith Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smiths Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smiths Corner.
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 and 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.
Smiths Corner 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 Smiths Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smiths Corner:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Smiths Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Salisbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Warner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potter Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Wilmot Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- East Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- West Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Boscawen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Melvin Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Tilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Sanbornton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Allens Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winnisquam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Laconia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Gilmanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- South Alexandria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canaan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lockehaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Chase Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- North Weare
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Hillsborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <2>
- Slab City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weare
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- East Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Holton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Strafford County
- Strafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Fernwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Georges Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lower Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Sunapee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grantham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smiths Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Smiths Corner.
Cemeteries Near Smiths Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Corner.
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 Smiths Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smiths Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- Coal Hearth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Sutton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corser Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bog Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Waterloo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waterloo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Waterloo Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Warner.
- The New Waterloo Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Warner Cemetery
- Old Warner Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Warner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Proctor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Shaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hobbs - Swett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Smiths Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smiths Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smiths Corner, with the one closest to Smiths Corner listed first.
- West Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Salisbury is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Webster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Warner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bagley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bagley is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagley
- Andover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potter Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Wilmot Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- South Sutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Sutton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sutton
- Davisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davisville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- West Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- North Sutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Melvin Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smiths Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smiths Corner.
Newspapers Published in Smiths Corner ...
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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Corner, 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 Smiths Corner.
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 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 Smiths Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan 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> | 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- Smiths Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Smiths Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |