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 Stillwater (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 Stillwater. 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 northeast 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 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.
Stillwater is located in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Stillwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stillwater:
- Grafton County (The home county of Stillwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Woodstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Maplewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Waterville Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franconia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Easton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sugar Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Apthorp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Belknap County
- Center Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Harts Location
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Notchland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Livermore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Passaconaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hale's Location
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Ferncroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
- Wonalancet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wonalancet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonalancet
- Intervale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Coos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Hadleys Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
- Cutts Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Fabyan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Crawfords Purchase
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Purchase
- Beans Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Sargents Purchase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Carroll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Pinkhams Grant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Low and Burbanks Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glen House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- North Fryeburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Stow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Center Lovell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lovell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Merrill Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- East Fryeburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Slab City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Stoneham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Brownfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Lower Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- McIndoe Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- East Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Lunenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guildhall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wells River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Newbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stillwater, see our County-by-County Page for Stillwater.
Cemeteries Near Stillwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stillwater.
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 Stillwater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stillwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crawford Family Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south of Lancaster.
- The Crawford Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375827 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garland Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ridge Cemetery
- The Garland Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Bartlett Village Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #227851 <3>
- Elmwood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kinsman Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Davis - Dinsmore Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Thornton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103040 <3>
- Mad River Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Albany Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunnyside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Sugar Hill.
- The Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
- Sunny Side Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103145 <3>
- St. Rose of Lima Old Catholic Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Colby Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitefield Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 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.<4>
While we didn't find Stillwater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stillwater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stillwater, with the one closest to Stillwater listed first.
- Sawyers River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sawyers River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers River
- Bartlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fabyan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fabyan is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabyan
- Twin Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Woodstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Lower Bartlett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Franconia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Thornton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Thornton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Thornton
- Quebec Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Quebec Junction is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stillwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stillwater.
Newspapers Published in Stillwater ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stillwater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stillwater, 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 Stillwater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Stillwater:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Coos County
- Oxford County
- Caledonia County
- Essex County
- Orange 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 '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- Stillwater) 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 Stillwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |