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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 Elmore (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 Elmore. 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 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.

Elmore is located in Lamoille 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 Lamoille County: Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans & Washington.

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

  • Lamoille County     (The home county of Elmore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Wolcott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wolcott
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wolcott is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
    • Morrisville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Morristown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
    • Stowe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cleveland Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
    • Cadys Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
    • Lower Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
    • Hyde Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
    • Hyde Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Stowe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Stowe is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
  • Addison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Starksboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Starksboro is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
    • Jerusalem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jerusalem is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Caledonia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Hardwick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
    • South Walden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • South Walden is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
    • East Hardwick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Walden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Walden is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 944 people
    • Walden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Walden is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • West Danville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Stannard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stannard is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
    • Stannard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stannard is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Peacham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Peacham is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
    • Danville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Harvey Hollow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow
    • Danville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Danville is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,105 people
  • Chittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Bolton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bolton is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
    • Underhill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Underhill is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
    • Nashville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Nashville is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Jericho Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jericho
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jericho is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
    • Huntington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntington is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
    • Jericho
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Richmond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Richmond is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
    • Richmond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • North Williston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Williston is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
    • Westford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
    • Westford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
  • Essex County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Binghamville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Binghamville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
    • Fletcher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fletcher is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
    • Bakersfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
    • Bakersfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Montgomery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Montgomery is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
    • Egypt ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Egypt is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
    • Fairfax
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfax is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Williamstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Orange
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Orange is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
    • Williamstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Williamstown is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
    • Topsham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Topsham is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
    • Washington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Washington is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
    • Newbury Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Newbury Center is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center
    • Brookfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Brookfield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343 people
    • East Brookfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • East Brookfield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
    • West Corinth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • West Corinth is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth
    • Wells River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Corinth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East Corinth is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
    • Newbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Newbury is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Greensboro Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Craftsbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Craftsbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Craftsbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
    • Greensboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Greensboro is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
    • Mill Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Mill Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • South Albany
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • South Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
    • Albany
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Albany Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Albany Center is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
    • Albany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • East Albany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
    • Glover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Glover is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Woodbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Woodbury
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Woodbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
    • South Woodbury
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Woodbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
    • Worcester
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Worcester is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
    • Maple Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Maple Corner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
    • North Calais
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Calais is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
    • Calais
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Calais is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
    • Calais
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • East Calais
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Worcester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cabot
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Grafton County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmore, with the one closest to Elmore listed first.
    • Monroe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • Lyman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lyman is located in Grafton County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
    • Woodsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Elmore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmore.

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

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

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

  • Lake Elmore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • South Woodbury Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmore Mtn. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Old West Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ainsworth Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • South Woodbury Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Main Street Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacob Paine Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (405 more) ...

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 Elmore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmore.

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

  • Woodbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • South Woodbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • South Woodbury is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
  • North Calais
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Calais is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
  • Worcester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Calais
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Calais
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardwick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolcott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Putnamville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Putnamville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
  • Morrisville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lower Cabot
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Cabot is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cabot
  • Cabot
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Morristown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Stowe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Garfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield

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

Newspapers Published in Elmore ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmore, 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 Elmore.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Elmore:

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 Elmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Elmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.