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 Bridgewater (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 Bridgewater. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Bridgewater is located in Windsor 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 Windsor County: Grafton (NH), Sullivan (NH), Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland & Windham.
Below are the counties that are near Bridgewater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridgewater:
- Windsor County (The home county of Bridgewater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Prosper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prosper is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,911 people
- South Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- South Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Plymouth Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Stockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Pomfret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Reading
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Hancock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Lower Granville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Granville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Granville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Leicester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Leicester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester Junction is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Junction
- Ripton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Ripton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Landgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- South Randolph
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Strafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Tunbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
- Strafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Randolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Old City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Strafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Braintree Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Braintree
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Shrewsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Mendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Pittsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chittenden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chittenden is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Healdville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- East Pittsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Pittsford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsford
- Washington County
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Londonderry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Grafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- West Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Hanover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Montcalm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Enfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Cornish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Meriden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- South Cornish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Grantham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Croydon Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Washington County (NY)
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridgewater, see our County-by-County Page for Bridgewater.
Cemeteries Near Bridgewater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridgewater.
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 Bridgewater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridgewater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Bridgewater Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Toplift Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Bridgewater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wood - Clement Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Curtis Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Barnard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Prosper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anthony Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bridgewater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridgewater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Bridgewater Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bridgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- South Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherburne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Plymouth Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- South Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taftsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pomfret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- North Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sherburne
- North Shrewsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shrewsbury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridgewater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridgewater.
Newspapers Published in Bridgewater ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgewater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgewater, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridgewater.
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 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 Bridgewater:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Windham County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan County
- Washington 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> | 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 Bridgewater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Bridgewater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |