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 Stewartstown Hollow (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 Stewartstown Hollow. 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 Stewartstown Hollow ...
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 Stewartstown Hollow: Stewartstown Holw. (or less commonly used: Stewartstown Hlw. or Stewartstown Hllw.)
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 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.
Stewartstown Hollow is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Oxford (ME), Carroll, Grafton & Essex (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Stewartstown Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stewartstown Hollow:
- Coos County (The home county of Stewartstown Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Stewartstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- West Stewartstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Dixville Notch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Cones
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cones is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
- Happy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Ervings Location
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Dixs Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Meriden Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Wilsons Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Lincoln Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Magalloway Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Upton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Upper Dam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Caledonia County (VT)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Beecher Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Canaan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Lemington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lemington is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Averill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Averill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lewis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Brunswick Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
- Avery's Gore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avery's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
- Norton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Brunswick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- East Brighton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Brighton is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
- Orleans County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Morgan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Morgan is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- East Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- West Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stewartstown Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Stewartstown Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Stewartstown Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewartstown Hollow.
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 Stewartstown Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stewartstown Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Stewartstown.
- The Hollow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewartstown Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237358 <3>
- North Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- The Morrison Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Canaan Cemetery
- South Canaan Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450257 <3>
- Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keach Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alice Hunt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neil Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia Bridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Stewartstown Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stewartstown Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stewartstown Hollow, with the one closest to Stewartstown Hollow listed first.
- Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Beecher Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- West Stewartstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Canaan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Georges
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Georges is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- Averill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Stratford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wenlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wenlock is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenlock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brunswick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Beatties
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beatties is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
- Errol
(19 miles [30.6 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 Stewartstown Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stewartstown Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Stewartstown Hollow ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewartstown Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewartstown Hollow, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stewartstown Hollow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Stewartstown Hollow:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Orleans 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stewartstown Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Stewartstown Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |