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 Wentworth Terrace (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 Wentworth Terrace. 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 Wentworth Terrace ...
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 Wentworth Terrace: Wentworth Ter. (or less commonly used: Wentworth Terr.)
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.
Wentworth Terrace 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 Wentworth Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wentworth Terrace:
- Strafford County (The home county of Wentworth Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Durham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Madbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Rollinsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glenmere Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Somersworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- East Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Pickering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Barnstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- Massabesic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Epsom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Websters Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Allenstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chichester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Newington Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Seacrest Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Portsmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newmarket
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rye is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
- West Rye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Rye is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rye
- Newfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Amesbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Salisbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- Newburyport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Merrimac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Newbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Rocks Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- West Newbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Newbury Old Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newbury Old Town is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Old Town
- Byfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Byfield is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Haverhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Groveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- South Eliot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Eliot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Payneton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- Kittery Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bedell Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- South Berwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- York Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York Harbor is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- York Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
- Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wentworth Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Wentworth Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Wentworth Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wentworth Terrace.
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 Wentworth Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wentworth Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Quaker Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dover Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Newington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fogg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hamscom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mathes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dennett Family Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Jenkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Wentworth Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wentworth Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wentworth Terrace, with the one closest to Wentworth Terrace listed first.
- Newington Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Eliot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Sawyers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyers is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers
- Durham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newmarket
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Bayside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bayside is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
- Greenland Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenland Station is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Station
- Portsmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kittery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Madbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wentworth Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wentworth Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Wentworth Terrace ...
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 Wentworth Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wentworth Terrace, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wentworth Terrace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Wentworth Terrace:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Strafford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Essex 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wentworth Terrace) 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 Wentworth Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |