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 Hartland (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 Hartland. 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.
Hartland is located in Windsor 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 Windsor County: Grafton (NH), Sullivan (NH), Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland & Windham.
Below are the counties that are near Hartland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartland:
- Windsor County (The home county of Hartland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Hartland Four Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fieldsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Hartland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- South Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Quechee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sheddsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- West Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,911 people
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bennington County
- Landgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Union Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Strafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Strafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thetford Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Old City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Tunbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Post Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- South Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Tunbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Ely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ely is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- East Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Healdville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Telemark Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Mount Holly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Bowlsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Pittsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Rockingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Londonderry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Bellows Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Saxtons River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- North Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Alstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Lower Shaker Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Enfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <1>
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Sutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutton <1>
- West Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Potter Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Plainfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Meriden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Balloch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- South Cornish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grantham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Grantham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Croydon Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartland, see our County-by-County Page for Hartland.
Cemeteries Near Hartland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartland.
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 Hartland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Quaker / Willard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Weed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Aldrich Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aldrich - Kendall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gallup / Weed Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hartland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jenneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoisington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Westgate - Peterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gallup / Dunbar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Hartland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
- Hartland Four Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hartland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taftsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- South Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Deweys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deweys Mills is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweys Mills
- Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartland.
Newspapers Published in Hartland ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartland, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartland.
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 helpful 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 Hartland:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Hartland, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |