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 Deweys Mills (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 Deweys Mills. 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 Deweys Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Deweys Mills: Deweys Mls. (or less commonly used: Deweys Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Deweys Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Deweys Mills may originally have been Dewey's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Deweys Mills might be written as Dewey Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast 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 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.
Deweys Mills 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 Deweys Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deweys Mills:
- Windsor County (The home county of Deweys Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Quechee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Hartford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- White River Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Wilder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Hartland Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Addison County
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Union Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Strafford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Strafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Thetford Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Old City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Tunbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Post Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Ely
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ely is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- South Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- East Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Pittsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 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
- Shrewsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Windham County
- Brockways Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Sachem Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Enfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montcalm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lower Shaker Village
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <2>
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wilmot Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Potter Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Squag City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Meriden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Cornish City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Balloch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- North Grantham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Croydon Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deweys Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Deweys Mills.
Cemeteries Near Deweys Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deweys Mills.
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 Deweys Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deweys Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Hilltop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quechee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quechee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Quechee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104061 <3>
- Center of Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cutts - Paddleford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russtown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Savage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Simonds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taftsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frizzel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gallup / Dunbar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Deweys Mills had a population of 200 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deweys Mills, with the one closest to Deweys Mills listed first.
- Taftsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- White River Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- West Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartland Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomfret
- South Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deweys Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deweys Mills.
Newspapers Published in Deweys Mills ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deweys Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deweys Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deweys Mills.
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 Deweys Mills:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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 Deweys Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deweys Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |