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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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 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.
- Woodstock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Bridgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Bridgewater is located in Windsor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
- South Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Prosper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Prosper is located in Windsor County
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 859 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <2>
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <2>
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Fieldsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County
- Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Pomfret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Hancock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <2>
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Lower Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granville <2>
- Granville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Leicester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest) - Leicester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Landgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Landgrove Town Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landgrove Town Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Bromley Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bromley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- South Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Tunbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunbridge <2>
- South Strafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strafford
- South Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Strafford <2>
- Tunbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Strafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strafford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strafford <2>
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <2>
- Old City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Strafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Union Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- East Randolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Randolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Thetford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Killington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killington Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Telemark Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telemark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Shrewsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Healdville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Healdville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Mount Holly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Holly <2>
- Mendon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Bowlsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Mendon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendon <2>
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Londonderry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Londonderry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grafton <2>
- Rockingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Windham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Windham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <2>
- Cambridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Pinewood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- West Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <2>
- Sachem Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sachem Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Hanover is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,555 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <2>
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Mascoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Montcalm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Enfield is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enfield <2>
- Lower Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Upper Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <2>
- Squag City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squag City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Mill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Balloch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornish <2>
- Cornish City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Meriden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- South Cornish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Cornish have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Claremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Claremont is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,944 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claremont <2>
- North Grantham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grantham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Croydon Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Croydon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridgewater, see our County-by-County Page for 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 70 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 18 miles [29 km]<4>. 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 first visit 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
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records.aspx
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bennington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Orange County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rutland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Windham County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grafton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Addison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Windsor County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Windsor County
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
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.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Curtis Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Hollow Cemetery
- Long Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Hill Cemetery
- Toplift Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toplift Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toplift Cemetery
- Mendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mendall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mendall Cemetery
- Bridgewater Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridgewater Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgewater Center Cemetery
- Fullerton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fullerton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fullerton Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
- Plymouth - Five Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth - Five Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth - Five Corners Cemetery
- Randall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Randall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Randall Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104226 <5>
- Continue List (492 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Hendee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendee Cemetery
- North Bridgewater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Bridgewater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Bridgewater Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bridgewater had a population of 240 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridgewater, with the one closest to Bridgewater listed first.
- Bridgewater Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgewater Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Corners
- Bridgewater Corners is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgewater Corners <2>
- South Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- West Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 859 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <2>
- Plymouth Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <2>
- South Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Pomfret have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pomfret
- South Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Pomfret <2>
- West Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Taftsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taftsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taftsville
- Taftsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taftsville <2>
- Tyson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Pomfret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnard <2>
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - North Shrewsbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shrewsbury
- North Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Barnard
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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bridgewater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
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| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bridgewater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgewater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5881, Longitude: -72.6251 In this case, the coordinates for Bridgewater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |