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 Cavendish Center (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 Cavendish Center. 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 Cavendish Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cavendish Center: Cavendish Ctr. (or less commonly used: Cavendish Cen., Cavendish Cent. or Cavendish Cntr.)
You might see Cavendish Centre instead of Cavendish Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 and 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.
Cavendish Center 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 Cavendish Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cavendish Center:
- Windsor County (The home county of Cavendish Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Cavendish
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Cavendish
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Proctorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Downers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Downers is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Greenbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- South Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Felchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Ludlow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Perkinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grahamville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grahamville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Ludlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Landgrove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Bromley Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Winhall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Dorset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Barnumville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Dorset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Manchester Depot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Healdville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- West Bridgewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Shrewsbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Mount Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Wallingford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Killington Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Killington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- South Wallingford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Londonderry
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Windham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Saxtons River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Alstead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Surry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- West Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lower Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Upper Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Balloch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Claremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Squag City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Charlestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Quaker City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Kelleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cavendish Center, see our County-by-County Page for Cavendish Center.
Cemeteries Near Cavendish Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cavendish Center.
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 Cavendish Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cavendish Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Old Revolutionary War Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cavendish Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wheelock Rest House Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Proctor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coffeen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twentymile Stream Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eddy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Felchville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- South Reading Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Cavendish Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cavendish Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cavendish Center, with the one closest to Cavendish Center listed first.
- Cavendish
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Proctorsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Felchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- South Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Gassetts
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gassetts is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassetts
- Perkinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- North Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Weathersfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Healdville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Chester Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- North Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Chester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cavendish Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cavendish Center.
Newspapers Published in Cavendish Center ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cavendish Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cavendish Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cavendish Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Cavendish Center:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan 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 Cavendish Center, 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 from Point A (ie- Cavendish Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |