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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 East Brighton (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 East Brighton. 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 East Brighton ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Brighton: E. Brighton

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

East Brighton is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Coos (NH), Grafton (NH), Caledonia & Orleans.

Below are the counties that are near East Brighton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Brighton:

  • Essex County     (The home county of East Brighton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.
    • Brighton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
      • Brighton is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,159 people
    • Island Pond
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferdinand
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferdinand have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
      • Ferdinand is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Lewis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Essex County
    • Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Bloomfield is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • East Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • East Haven is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Brunswick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Brunswick is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Brunswick Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Warren's Gore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren's Gore
      • Warren's Gore is located in Essex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
    • Avery's Gore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
      • Avery's Gore is located in Essex County
    • Warner's Grant
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner's Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner's Grant
      • Warner's Grant is located in Essex County
  • Caledonia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.
    • Newark
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newark have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Burke
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Burke is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Burke
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Burke is located in Caledonia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burke
      • From East Brighton to Burke
    • West Burke
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Burke
      • West Burke is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Burke <2>
    • Summit
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Summit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit is located in Caledonia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Summit
      • From East Brighton to Summit
    • Sutton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
      • Sutton is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
    • East Burke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Egypt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheffield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheffield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
    • Lyndon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
      • Lyndon is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,650 people
    • Lyndonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndonville
      • Lyndonville is located in Caledonia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyndonville <2>
    • Sheffield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.
    • East Charleston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Morgan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Morgan is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
    • Charleston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
    • Westmore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
      • Westmore is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • West Charleston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Holland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Holland is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • Holland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Holland is located in Orleans County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Holland
      • From East Brighton to Holland
    • Brownington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
      • Brownington is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
    • Brownington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Barton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,455 people
    • Barton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Orleans County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barton <2>
    • Brownington Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Village
      • Brownington Village is located in Orleans County
  • Coos County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.
    • North Stratford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cones
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cones. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
      • Cones is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cones
      • From East Brighton to Cones
    • Meriden Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Masons
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Masons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
      • Masons is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Masons
      • From East Brighton to Masons
    • Columbia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Columbia is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Mapleton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stratford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
    • Colebrook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
      • Colebrook is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <2>
    • West Stewartstown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Groveton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveton
      • Groveton is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groveton <2>
    • Northumberland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewartstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
      • Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
  • Grafton County (NH)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Brighton, see our County-by-County Page for East Brighton.

Cemeteries Near East Brighton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Brighton.

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 East Brighton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Brighton had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from East Brighton, with the one closest to East Brighton listed first.

  • Wenlock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wenlock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenlock
    • Wenlock is located in Essex County
  • Island Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brunswick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Brunswick is located in Essex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
  • North Stratford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • East Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
    • East Haven is located in Essex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Haven <2>
  • East Charleston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Georges
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georges have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
    • Georges is located in Coos County (NH)
  • Beatties
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatties have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
    • Beatties is located in Coos County (NH)
  • Morgan Center
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center
    • Morgan Center is located in Orleans County
  • Westmore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
    • Westmore is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westmore <2>
  • West Burke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Burke
    • West Burke is located in Caledonia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Burke <2>
  • Burke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Burke is located in Caledonia County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Burke
    • From East Brighton to Burke
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Morgan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Morgan is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan <2>
    • Summit
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Summit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit is located in Caledonia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Summit
      • From East Brighton to Summit
    • Gallup Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Brighton. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Brighton.

Newspapers Published in East Brighton ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Brighton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Brighton, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Brighton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 East Brighton:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Brighton. 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>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 East Brighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Brighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Brighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7859, Longitude: -71.8043       In this case, the coordinates for East Brighton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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