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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Egypt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Egypt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Egypt, please Contact Us.

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 Egypt (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 Egypt. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Egypt is historic, it would have been located within present day Franklin 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 Franklin County: Chittenden, Grand Isle, Lamoille & Orleans.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Egypt)
  • Chittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Egypt, with the one closest to Egypt listed first.
    • Westford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
    • Westford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Miltonboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Underhill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Underhill is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
    • Checkerberry Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Checkerberry Village is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerberry Village
    • Milton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Milton is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,907 people
    • Jericho
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Pages Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Colchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Essex is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
  • Grand Isle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Egypt, with the one closest to Egypt listed first.
    • North Hero
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • North Hero is located in Grand Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • North Hero
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alburg Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Isle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
    • Alburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Estimated population in 2011: 1,986 people
    • Adams Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Isle La Motte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Isle La Motte is located in Grand Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle La Motte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Isle la Motte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Alburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Alburg is located in Grand Isle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
      • Estimated population in 2012: 499 people
    • Alburgh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Keeler Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearl
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Lamoille County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Egypt, with the one closest to Egypt listed first.
    • Belvidere Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Belvidere
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Belvidere
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterville is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
    • Cambridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jeffersonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cambridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
    • Johnson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
    • Johnson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Eden is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
    • Eden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hyde Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Egypt, with the one closest to Egypt listed first.
    • Westfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Westfield is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
    • Lowell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lowell is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Jay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jay is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
    • Troy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Albany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Troy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Troy is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Albany Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • North Troy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Craftsbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Mill Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mill Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • Albany
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • Craftsbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Egypt, with the one closest to Egypt listed first.
    • Waterbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Waterbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
    • Worcester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Worcester is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
  • Clinton County (NY)

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

Cemeteries Near Egypt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Egypt.

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 Egypt - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Egypt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

While we didn't find Egypt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Egypt.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Egypt ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Egypt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Egypt, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Egypt.

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 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 Egypt:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Egypt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Egypt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.