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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 Unity (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 Unity. 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 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.
Unity is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Windham (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Unity. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Unity:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Unity)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Quaker City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Kelleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lempster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- South Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Charlestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Langdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Balloch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Alstead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Drewsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Cold River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Walpole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilsum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Surry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Montcalm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mascoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Meadow Brook Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hillsborough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <1>
- Antrim Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Holton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Antrim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deering
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Newbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sutton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Elkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Wilmot Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Wilmot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Potter Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Landgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Healdville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellows Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- North Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Saxtons River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grafton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Grafton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Ascutney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Weathersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- North Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Perkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Downers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Greenbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Windsor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Unity, see our County-by-County Page for Unity.
Cemeteries Near Unity ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unity.
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 Unity - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Unity covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Unity Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sullivan County Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Unity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Acworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Acworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth Cemetery
- The Acworth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Batchelder - Nye Road Cemetery
- Old Acworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276810 <2>
- Hubbard Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hope Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Lempster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walker - Gill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Unity had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Unity had a population of 1,616 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Unity, with the one closest to Unity listed first.
- Quaker City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- East Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Unity
- Chandlers Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chandlers Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Mills
- Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- East Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acworth
- Kelleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- North Charlestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Charlestown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charlestown
- East Lempster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lempster
- Lempster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Newport is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- South Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Claremont Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont Junction is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Unity. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unity.
Newspapers Published in Unity ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Unity.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Unity, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Unity.
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 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 Unity:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Windsor 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Unity) 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 Unity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |