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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 West Barrington (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 West Barrington. 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 West Barrington ...
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 West Barrington: W. Barrington
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Barrington. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Barrington.
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 hospitals and 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.
West Barrington 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 West Barrington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Barrington:
- Strafford County (The home county of West Barrington)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Barrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- East Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Strafford Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Pickering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Glenmere Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Madbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Barnstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Alton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alton Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Gardners Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Samoset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Wakefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fernald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wakefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Stockbridge Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Woodman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Massabesic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Grasmere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- East Merrimack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Merrimack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Epsom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Pittsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Allenstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chichester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Loudon Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Horse Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Pembroke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Suncook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hooksett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Northwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Northwood Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Nottingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Deerfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Epping
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newmarket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- East Candia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Amesbury
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Merrimac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Rocks Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- West Newbury
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Ayers Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Haverhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Newburyport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Groveland
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Tozier Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Berwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eliot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Berwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Eliot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Berwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Payneton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- 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
- Admiralty Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Beech Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Kittery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Agamenticus Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Agamenticus Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agamenticus Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Barrington, see our County-by-County Page for West Barrington.
Cemeteries Near West Barrington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Barrington.
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 West Barrington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Barrington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Caverly Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caverly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Capon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bennett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Center Strafford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Locke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham Square Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham Square Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nottingham Square Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Nottingham.
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, West Barrington had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Barrington, with the one closest to West Barrington listed first.
- Northwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Nottingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nottingham
- North Nottingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Nottingham
- South Barrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Barrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Center Strafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Center Strafford is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Strafford
- East Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Northwood Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Northwood Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Center
- Nottingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- South Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lee
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Gonic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gonic is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonic
- Northwood Narrows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Northwood Narrows is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Narrows
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Barrington. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Barrington.
Newspapers Published in West Barrington ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Barrington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Barrington, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Barrington.
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 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 West Barrington:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Strafford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll 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> | 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 West Barrington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- West Barrington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |