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 Woods Mill (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 Woods Mill. 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 Woods Mill ...
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 Woods Mill: Woods Ml. (or less commonly used: Woods Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Woods Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Woods Mill may originally have been Wood's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Woods Mill might be written as Wood Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Woods Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woods Mill.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Woods Mill is located in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Woods Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woods Mill:
- Cheshire County (The home county of Woods Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Mill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Stoddard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Roxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Eastview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Antrim Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- North Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Hancock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Holton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Hillsboro Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Newbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Sunapee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sutton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Warner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Contoocook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopkinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunbarton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lempster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- South Acworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Acworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Goshen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Unity
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Quaker City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Charlestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kelleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Claremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Mayo Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Warwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- West Northfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- North Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tully is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Northfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Mount Hermon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hermon is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Ashby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Worcester County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Winchendon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Royalston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Waterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Pequoig
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Lane Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Baldwinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Ashburnham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bellows Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Rockingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Putney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Saxtons River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westminster West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Rockingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Brockways Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cambridgeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ascutney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- Weathersfield
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Perkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Downers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woods Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Woods Mill.
Cemeteries Near Woods Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woods Mill.
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 Woods Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woods Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Munsonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Joslin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Sullivan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gilsum Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsum Village Cemetery
- The Gilsum Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ware Cemetery
- Centennial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centennial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> to the north of Keene.
- The Centennial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bond Cemetery
- Centennial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987553 <3>
- St. Denis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willard Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Island Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Street Cemetery
- The Island Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harrisville Cemetery
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Black Pond Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Pond Cemetery
- The Black Pond Cemetery has also been known as:
- Windsor Village Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Keene.
- The North Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2204438 <3>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Keene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #251415 <3>
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 Woods Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woods Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woods Mill, with the one closest to Woods Mill listed first.
- Munsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Munsonville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsonville
- Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Sullivan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Sullivan is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sullivan
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Stoddard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Stoddard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Stoddard is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Stoddard
- Marlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chesham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chesham is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesham
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- East Alstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Alstead is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alstead
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Keene is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Keene
- Marlborough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woods Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woods Mill.
Newspapers Published in Woods Mill ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woods Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woods Mill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woods Mill.
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 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 Woods Mill:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester County
- Windham County
- Windsor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
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 'straight-line' (or 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- Woods Mill) 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 Woods Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |