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 East Charleston (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 Charleston. 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 Charleston ...
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 Charleston: E. Charleston
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 hospitals 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 Charleston is located in Orleans 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 Orleans County: Caledonia, Essex, Franklin & Lamoille.
Below are the counties that are near East Charleston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Charleston:
- Orleans County (The home county of East Charleston)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Charleston
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Morgan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - West Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- West Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Charleston <2>
- Westmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Brownington
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Brownington Village
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Derby Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Center
- Derby Center is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Orleans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Orleans is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <2>
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Sutton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - West Burke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Burke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Sheffield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - East Burke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Burke
- East Burke is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Burke <2>
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheffield <2>
- Wheelock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Egypt
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County
- Wheelock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Island Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Pond
- Island Pond is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Pond <2>
- Warner's Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Warren's Gore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Lewis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Ferdinand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - East Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Averill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Averill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Averill is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Averill <2>
- Franklin County
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Montgomery
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Wolcott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Eden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Eden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Wolcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Wolcott is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolcott <2>
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Meriden Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County (NH)
- Masons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Colebrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stewartstown
- West Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Stewartstown <2>
- Stratford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Mapleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Mapleton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Stewartstown
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Groveton
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Northumberland is located in Coos County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Charleston, see our County-by-County Page for East Charleston.
Newspapers Published in East Charleston ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Charleston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Charleston, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Charleston.
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 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 Charleston:
- 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 Orleans County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Essex County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Franklin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lamoille County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Coos County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Caledonia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Orleans County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Vermont
Cemeteries Near East Charleston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Charleston.
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 Charleston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Buck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buck Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220678 <5>
- Bly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bly Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103909 <5>
- Blyhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blyhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blyhill Cemetery
- Morrill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrill Cemetery
- Cargill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cargill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103932 <5>
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
- Frenchmans Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frenchmans Plot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frenchmans Plot
- East Brownington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Brownington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Brownington Cemetery
- East Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Willoughby Lake Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Wilcox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox Cemetery
- New Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2567217 <5>
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320056 <5>
- Wilcox 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 East Charleston had a population of 210 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Charleston, with the one closest to East Charleston listed first.
- Morgan Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- 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
- Morgan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- 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>
- Westmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Island Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Pond
- Island Pond is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Pond <2>
- West Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- West Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Charleston <2>
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansville <2>
- Brownington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Brownington Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Center
- Brownington Center is located in Orleans County
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - East Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
- East Brighton is located in Essex County
- Willoughby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willoughby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Willoughby is located in Orleans County
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Barton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- East Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- 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>
- Wenlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Charleston. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Charleston.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Charleston. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8380, Longitude: -71.9894 In this case, the coordinates for East Charleston 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 East Charleston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |