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 Keene (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 Keene. 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 Keene ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Keene: S. Keene
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
South Keene is located in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near South Keene. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Keene:
- Cheshire County (The home county of South Keene)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Keene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marlborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Swanzey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanzey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- West Swanzey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Surry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Lower Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- Elmwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- North Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Peterborough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Bennington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Antrim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Melvin Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Mount Sunapee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Langdon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Acworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Acworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Lempster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Charlestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Goshen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Unity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Kelleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Mayo Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Warwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- West Northfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Northfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- North Orange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Mount Hermon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Wendell Depot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Bernardston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
- Erving
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Erving is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Gill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Ashby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- West Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Royalston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Waterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Winchendon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Pequoig
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Athol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Athol is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Baldwinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Lane Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Brooks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- Ashburnham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- East Templeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Gardner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Westminster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Dummerston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dummerston
- Putney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Brattleboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- South Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Dummerston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dummerston is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummerston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Fairview Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Bellows Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Keene, see our County-by-County Page for South Keene.
Cemeteries Near South Keene ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Keene.
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 Keene - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Keene covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Bernard's Catholic Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Graniteville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #796341 <2>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #251415 <2>
- Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Caesar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Caesar Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Caesar Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Swanzey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1446660 <2>
- Meetinghouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ash Swamp Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willard Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, South Keene had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Keene, with the one closest to South Keene listed first.
- Swanzey Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swanzey Station is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzey Station
- Marlborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swanzey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Swanzey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Chesham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chesham is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesham
- West Swanzey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Sullivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Sullivan is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sullivan
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westport is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Surry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- North Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Richmond is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Richmond
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Keene. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Keene.
Newspapers Published in South Keene ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Keene.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Keene, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Keene.
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 Keene:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester 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 Keene, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Keene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |