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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 Stinson Lake (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 Stinson Lake. 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 Stinson Lake ...

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 Stinson Lake: Stinson Lk.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Stinson Lake 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 Stinson Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stinson Lake:

  • Grafton County     (The home county of Stinson Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Ellsworth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ellsworth is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Rumney
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • West Rumney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • West Rumney is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
    • Quincy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Quincy is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Cheever
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cheever is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
    • Wentworth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Thornton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Warren
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • North Groton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Groton is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
    • Campton Lower Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Campton Upper Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Campton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Winona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Winona is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • New Hampton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Harbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meredith
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gaza
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gaza is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
    • Interlaken Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
    • Wildwood Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
    • Glendale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Glendale is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Laconia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanbornton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winnisquam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Chicks Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
    • Big Rock Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
    • North Sandwich
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sandwich
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sandwich is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
    • Whiteface
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Whiteface is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • Moultonborough
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Ferncroft
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
    • Wonalancet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Wonalancet is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonalancet
    • Passaconaway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Passaconaway is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaconaway
    • South Tamworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • South Tamworth is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tamworth
    • Livermore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Livermore is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
    • Albany
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Coos County
    • Hadleys Purchase
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hadleys Purchase is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleys Purchase
  • Merrimack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Danbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hill Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
    • Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hill is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • East Andover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • East Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
    • West Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • West Andover is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
    • Wilmot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wilmot is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <1>
    • Andover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Potter Place
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
    • Wilmot Flat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Springfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Springfield is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
    • North Grantham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
    • Twin Lakes Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
    • Grantham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Caledonia County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Ryegate Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
    • Ryegate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ryegate is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
    • Groton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • McIndoe Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls
  • Orange County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Fairlee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bradford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • South Newbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
    • Ely
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Fairlee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Newbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
    • West Newbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
    • Thetford Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • West Fairlee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Newbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
    • Post Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
  • Windsor County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.
    • Pompanoosuc
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
    • Lewiston ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Norwich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
    • Norwich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wilder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • West Norwich
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
    • Hartford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White River Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stinson Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Stinson Lake.

Cemeteries Near Stinson Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stinson Lake.

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 Stinson Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stinson Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.

  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • North Groton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Plymouth.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103087 <3>
  • Blair Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Campton Hollow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Trinity Churchyard Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mad River Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pratt Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hebron Village Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Whittemores Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Prescott Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pitman Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Green Grove Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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 Stinson Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stinson Lake.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stinson Lake, with the one closest to Stinson Lake listed first.

  • Rumney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • West Rumney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Rumney is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rumney
  • Rumney Depot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rumney Depot is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumney Depot
  • Quincy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Quincy is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Cheever
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheever is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheever
  • West Plymouth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • West Plymouth is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plymouth
  • Wentworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • North Groton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Groton is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
  • Blair
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blair is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • West Campton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • West Campton is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Campton
  • Thornton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • West Thornton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Thornton is located in Grafton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Thornton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Warren
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • North Dorchester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Dorchester is located in Grafton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dorchester
    • Campton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stinson Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stinson Lake.

Newspapers Published in Stinson Lake ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stinson Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stinson Lake, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stinson Lake.

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 websites either 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 Stinson Lake:

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- Stinson Lake) 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 Stinson Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.