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 Berlin (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 Berlin. 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.
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 hospitals 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.
Berlin is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille & Orange.
Below are the counties that are near Berlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berlin:
- Washington County (The home county of Berlin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Montpelier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Northfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- South Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Northfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- Barre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moretown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moretown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- East Montpelier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Montpelier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
- Graniteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Jerusalem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Granville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Starksboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Granville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Lower Granville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Starksboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro
- Starksboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Lincoln is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lincoln
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Groton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Groton is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
- Lakeside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Peacham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Peacham is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
- Peacham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Peacham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Peacham is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham
- Ryegate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ryegate is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
- South Walden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- West Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ryegate Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner
- Hardwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
- Harvey Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Buels Gore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buels Gore is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buels Gore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Huntington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
- Bolton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Nashville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hinesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hinesburg is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,522 people
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
- Underhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
- Hinesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Elmore is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Lower Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Stowe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stowe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stowe is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
- Morristown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Morrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cadys Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Cleveland Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
- Hyde Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wolcott is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
- Brookfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343 people
- East Brookfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- West Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Orange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
- North Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Braintree Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Braintree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
- Braintree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Chelsea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
- Orleans County
- Greensboro Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland County
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Windsor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- East Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Emerson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Lilliesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lilliesville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilliesville
- Royalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Royalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- South Royalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gaysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Woodsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Haverhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haverhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berlin, see our County-by-County Page for Berlin.
Cemeteries Near Berlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berlin.
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 Berlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Riverton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Black Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnson - Sawyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cox Brook - Glinnis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Falls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Aldrich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (473 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loomis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Berlin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Berlin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berlin, with the one closest to Berlin listed first.
- West Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Berlin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin
- Montpelier Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Montpelier Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier Junction
- Montpelier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Barre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Northfield
- Williamstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graniteville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- East Montpelier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Montpelier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier
- Moretown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Websterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Roxbury
- East Barre
(9 miles [14.5 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 Berlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berlin.
Newspapers Published in Berlin ...
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 Berlin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berlin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berlin.
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 Berlin:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Lamoille County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Rutland County
- Windsor County
- Grafton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
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 Berlin, 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- Berlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |