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 (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. 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 and doctors 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.
Stewartstown is located in Coos County.
To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties 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. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stewartstown:
- Coos County (The home county of Stewartstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- West Stewartstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stewartstown
- West Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Stewartstown <1>
- Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Pittsburg is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 821 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <1>
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Colebrook is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <1>
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Happy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County
- Cones
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Dixville Notch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dixville Notch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County
- Meriden Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County
- Dixs Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixs Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Ervings Location
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ervings Location have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County
- Idlewilde
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- Wilsons Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilsons Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Lincoln Plantation
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Magalloway Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magalloway Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Caledonia County (VT)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- Beecher Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beecher Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Canaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Averill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Averill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Averill <1>
- Lemington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Lewis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Avery's Gore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
- Avery's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Brunswick Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
- Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County (VT)
- Warren's Gore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren's Gore
- Warren's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
- Orleans County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Morgan
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - East Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- West Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- West Charleston is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Charleston <1>
- Derby Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Line
- Derby Line is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby Line <1>
- Westmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Beebe Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
- Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Derby Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Center
- Derby Center is located in Orleans County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Derby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stewartstown, see our County-by-County Page for Stewartstown.
Cemeteries Near Stewartstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewartstown.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stewartstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- Canaan Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Village Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
- Alice Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alice Hunt Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103884 <4>
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the northwest of Stewartstown.
- The Hollow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewartstown Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237358 <4>
- North Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Hill Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the northwest of Stewartstown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351398 <4>
- Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Canaan Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Morrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <4>
- Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
- Wallace Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Pond Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462192 <4>
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Blodgett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blodgett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blodgett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- O'Neil Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Neil Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the O'Neil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Columbia Bridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Bridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314740 <4>
- Blodgett Cemetery
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stewartstown had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Stewartstown had a population of 925 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stewartstown, with the one closest to Stewartstown listed first.
- Beecher Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beecher Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Canaan
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canaan <1>
- West Stewartstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stewartstown
- West Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Stewartstown <1>
- Pittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Pittsburg is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 821 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <1>
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Colebrook is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <1>
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Averill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Averill <1>
- Georges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - North Stratford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stratford
- North Stratford is located in Coos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Stratford <1>
- Wenlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Brunswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
- East Brighton is located in Essex County (VT)
- Beatties
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Island Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Pond
- Island Pond is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Pond <1>
- East Brighton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stewartstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stewartstown.
Newspapers Published in Stewartstown ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewartstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewartstown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stewartstown.
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 Stewartstown:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Caledonia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Essex County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Orleans County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Oxford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Hampshire
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of New Hampshire
- Cemeteries of Coos County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Hampshire
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of New Hampshire
- Cemeteries of Coos County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stewartstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New Hampshire: https://www.nh.gov/
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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stewartstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stewartstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0062, Longitude: -71.5079 In this case, the coordinates for Stewartstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |