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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 Essex Junction (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 Essex Junction. 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 Essex Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Essex Junction: Essex Jct. (or less commonly used: Essex Jctn.)
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 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.
Essex Junction is located in Chittenden 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 Chittenden County: Clinton (NY), Essex (NY), Addison, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Essex Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Essex Junction:
- Chittenden County (The home county of Essex Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Essex Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- Essex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Essex is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
- Pages Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- North Williston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
- Winooski
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Colchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,263 people
- Williston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Colchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colchester is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,102 people
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- North Ferrisburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Ferrisburgh Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monkton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
- Starksboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Starksboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Ferrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ferrisburg is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburg
- Ferrisburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ferrisburgh is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburgh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Jerusalem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- South Starksboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro
- Vergennes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- East Georgia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
- Fairfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
- West Georgia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Georgia
- Binghamville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Georgia Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Georgia Plains is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Plains
- Georgia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- North Fairfax
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Saint Albans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,540 people
- Saint Albans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grand Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- South Hero
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Keeler Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
- Pearl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Grand Isle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Adams Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing
- North Hero
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Hero
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Isle La Motte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
- Jeffersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stowe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stowe is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
- Lower Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Stowe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
- Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Waterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Waterbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Waterbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
- Duxbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Waterbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fayston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayston
- Moretown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moretown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- Middlesex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waitsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
- Sugarbush Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarbush Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarbush Village
- Waitsfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waitsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waitsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,692 people
- Clinton County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Ausable Chasm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ausable Chasm is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ausable Chasm
- Village of Keeseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Village of Keeseville is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Keeseville
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,750 people
- Parc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parc is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parc
- Laphams Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Laphams Mills is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laphams Mills
- Cumberland Head
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Head is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Head
- Peru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plattsburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harkness
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harkness is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness
- Point Au Roche
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Point Au Roche is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Au Roche
- Thomasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thomasville is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Beekmantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beekmantown is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekmantown
- Morrisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Essex County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Willsboro Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willsboro Point is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willsboro Point
- Port Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Port Douglass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Port Douglass is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Douglass
- Willsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craterclub
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Craterclub is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub
- Keeseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reber is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reber
- Whallonsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whallonsburg is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whallonsburg
- Lewis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Westport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Jay is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Essex Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Essex Junction.
Cemeteries Near Essex Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Essex Junction.
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 Essex Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Essex Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eldredge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Essex Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ft. Ethan Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fanny Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merrill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ahavat Gerim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Resurrection Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Park Cemetery
- The Resurrection Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Resurrection Park RC Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Essex Junction had a population of 820 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Essex Junction had a population of 10,793 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Essex Junction, with the one closest to Essex Junction listed first.
- North Williston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
- Essex Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- Winooski
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Malletts Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Malletts Bay is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malletts Bay
- Malletts Bay has also been known as:
- Malets Bay
- Maletts Bay
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jericho Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Underhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shelburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Westford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Essex Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Essex Junction.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Essex Junction ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Essex Junction.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Essex Junction. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Essex Junction and those printed in the larger area surrounding Essex Junction.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Essex Junction.
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 Essex Junction:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Chittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Lamoille County
- Washington County
- Clinton County
- Essex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
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> | 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 Essex Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Essex Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |