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 Washburn Corner (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 Washburn Corner. 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 Washburn Corner ...
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 Washburn Corner: Washburn Cor. (or less commonly used: Washburn Crn.)
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 southwest 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 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.
Washburn Corner 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 Washburn Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Washburn Corner:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Washburn Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- North Grantham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Grantham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Croydon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Fernwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Lower Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Meriden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Sunapee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Croydon Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- New Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gaza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Sanbornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Winona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Winnisquam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Meredith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cheshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- Marlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- Lockehaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Montcalm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Grafton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- East Grafton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Enfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Canaan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Orange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Mascoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- Hillsboro Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Elkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- West Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wilmot Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Mount Sunapee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Potter Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Newbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- Union Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Ely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- South Strafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Post Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Strafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Old City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- West Fairlee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Windham County (VT)
- Brockways Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- White River Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- North Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Wilder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Hartland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pompanoosuc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Hartland Four Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Ascutney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Washburn Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Washburn Corner.
Cemeteries Near Washburn Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Washburn Corner.
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 Washburn Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Washburn Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- Hastings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burpee Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- George Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunbar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Purmort Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Pinacle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Asa Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eastman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shaker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Gleason Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Plainfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Washburn Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Washburn Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Washburn Corner, with the one closest to Washburn Corner listed first.
- West Springfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Grantham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Enfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Enfield Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Center
- East Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Springfield
- Lockehaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Croydon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Georges Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grafton Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grafton Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Center
- Montcalm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Grafton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Washburn Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Washburn Corner.
Newspapers Published in Washburn Corner ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Washburn Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Washburn Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Washburn Corner.
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 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 Washburn Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Orange 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 '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- Washburn Corner) 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 Washburn Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |