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 Town House (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 Town House. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Town House is located in Strafford 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 Strafford County: York (ME), Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Town House. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Town House:
- Strafford County (The home county of Town House)
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- East Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Davis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- New Durham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dexter Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Strafford Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Strafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alton Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barnstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Lower Gilmanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Samoset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Wakefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- South Wolfeboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Woodman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Fernald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- South Effingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Ossipee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Pittsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Loudon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Epsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Chichester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Loudon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Allenstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canterbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Northfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newington Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newmarket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Deerfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- James City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Seacrest Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Stratham Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Portsmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Epping
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- West Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Standish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Porter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Acton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shapleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Sanford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Sanford is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- North Shapleigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Alfred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ross Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Berwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mee Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Stevens Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Sprague City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague City is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Town House, see our County-by-County Page for Town House.
Cemeteries Near Town House ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Town House.
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 Town House - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Town House covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twombly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nutes Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Joseph Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Walker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseph Walker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Milton.
- The Joseph Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356717 <2>
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lovell Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Town House in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Town House.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Town House, with the one closest to Town House listed first.
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Center Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lebanon
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- North Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milton Mills is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Mills
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lebanon
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- East Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Lebanon is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lebanon
- South Acton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Acton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Rochester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Town House. See our List of 1890's Communities around Town House.
Newspapers Published in Town House ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Town House.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Town House, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Town House.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Town House:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Strafford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Town House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Town House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |