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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 Welshs 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 Welshs 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 Welshs 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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Welshs Corner: Welshs Cor. (or less commonly used: Welshs Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Welshs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Welshs Corner may originally have been Welsh's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Welshs Corner might be written as Welsh Corner.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Strafford County     (The home county of Welshs Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Dexter Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
    • Strafford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Strafford Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
    • Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Place is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
    • Davis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Davis is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Farmington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bow Lake Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
      • Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
      • Bow Lake
    • North Rochester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • North Rochester is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
    • New Durham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rochester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Milton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Milton is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <2>
    • Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • East Rochester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • East Rochester is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
  • Belknap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Barnstead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Alton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <2>
    • Alton Bay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Gilmanton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
    • Gilmanton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Allens Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
    • Spring Haven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
    • West Alton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Alton is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
    • Belmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Samoset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Samoset is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Gilford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardners Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Brookfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Brookfield is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
    • South Wolfeboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
    • Wolfeboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wolfeboro Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fernald
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Fernald is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
    • Wolfeboro Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
    • East Wakefield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wakefield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Stockbridge Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
    • North Wolfeboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
    • Woodman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Woodman is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
    • Federal Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
    • Ossipee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Massabesic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
    • Manchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grasmere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
    • Pinardville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
  • Merrimack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Pittsfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Websters Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
    • Epsom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Epsom is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epsom <2>
    • Gossville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Gossville is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
    • Loudon Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
    • Chichester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Horse Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
    • Loudon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Loudon is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loudon <2>
    • Allenstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Shaker Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Pembroke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Canterbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Rockingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Northwood Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
    • Northwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • James City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • James City is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
    • Deerfield Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
    • Deerfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Nottingham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Candia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Candia is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,959 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Candia <2>
    • East Candia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • East Candia is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
    • Epping
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Epping is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epping <2>
    • Raymond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Raymond is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,573 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <2>
    • Newmarket
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newington Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Newington Station is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
    • Brentwood Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
  • York County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Welshs Corner, with the one closest to Welshs Corner listed first.
    • Berwick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Acton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acton <2>
    • South Berwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Berwick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Varney Crossing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Varney Crossing is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Crossing
    • Sanford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanford is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <2>
    • Springvale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Sanford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • South Sanford is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
    • Shapleigh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Eliot
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Eliot is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,115 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eliot <2>
    • North Shapleigh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
    • Alfred
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Alfred is located in York County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,142 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alfred <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Welshs Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welshs 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 Welshs Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<5>

While we didn't find Welshs Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Welshs Corner.

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

  • Strafford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Strafford Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
  • Center Strafford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Center Strafford is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Strafford
  • South Barnstead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • South Barnstead is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barnstead
  • Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Place is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
  • Farmington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Davis is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Center Barnstead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • New Durham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • North Rochester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Rochester is located in Strafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
  • Northwood Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Northwood Center is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Center
  • Northwood Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gonic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gonic is located in Strafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonic
    • Rochester
      (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 Welshs Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welshs Corner.

Newspapers Published in Welshs 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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welshs Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welshs Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welshs Corner.

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 helpful 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 Welshs Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Welshs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Welshs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.