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 South Charlestown (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 South Charlestown. 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 South Charlestown ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Charlestown: S. Charlestown
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 hospitals and 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.
South Charlestown is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near South Charlestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Charlestown:
- Sullivan County (The home county of South Charlestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Langdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Charlestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Quaker City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Lempster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Claremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Goshen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Balloch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Cold River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Alstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Surry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Westmoreland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Hillsboro Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Antrim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hillsborough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Landgrove Town Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Landgrove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Winhall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Bromley Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Barnumville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Manchester Depot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Healdville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Mount Tabor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Wallingford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Rockingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bellows Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Brockways Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- North Westminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Saxtons River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Grafton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chester Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- North Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Ascutney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Charlestown, see our County-by-County Page for South Charlestown.
Cemeteries Near South Charlestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Charlestown.
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 South Charlestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Charlestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Lower Langdon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham Meeting - House Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oliver Lovell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Restland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Upper Langdon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Charlestown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saxtons River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polish - Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drewsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find South Charlestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Charlestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Charlestown, with the one closest to South Charlestown listed first.
- Rockingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bellows Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Langdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Charlestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saxtons River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Alstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bartonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartonsville is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonsville
- Cambridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Westminster Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westminster Station is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Station
- Walpole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Charlestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Charlestown.
Newspapers Published in South Charlestown ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Charlestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Charlestown, 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 South Charlestown.
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 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 South Charlestown:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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> | 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 South Charlestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Charlestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |