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 Hinesburg (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 Hinesburg. 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.
Hinesburg 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 Hinesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hinesburg:
- Chittenden County (The home county of Hinesburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Hinesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saint George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Prindle Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prindle Corners is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prindle Corners
- East Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Charlotte is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charlotte
- Huntington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Huntington is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,263 people
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,783 people
- Shelburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Starksboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Monkton
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- North Ferrisburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Ferrisburgh Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Starksboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro
- Jerusalem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Bristol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferrisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrisburg is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburg
- Ferrisburgh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrisburgh is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburgh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Vergennes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- East Georgia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
- Binghamville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Fairfax
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Georgia
- Fletcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Georgia Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Georgia Plains is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Plains
- Georgia
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- North Fairfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax
- Grand Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- South Hero
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Grand Isle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Stowe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stowe is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
- Stowe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffersonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morristown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Cadys Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Hyde Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- West Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Braintree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
- Braintree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Fayston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duxbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Duxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- North Fayston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayston
- Sugarbush Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarbush Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarbush Village
- Waitsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Waterbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moretown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moretown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
- Waterbury
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Waitsfield
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,667 people
- Warren
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Ausable Chasm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ausable Chasm is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ausable Chasm
- Village of Keeseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Harkness
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harkness is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness
- Laphams Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laphams Mills is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laphams Mills
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Thomasville is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Parc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parc is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parc
- Au Sable Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Essex County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Craterclub
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Craterclub is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub
- Willsboro Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Willsboro Point is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willsboro Point
- Willsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whallonsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whallonsburg is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whallonsburg
- Port Douglass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Port Douglass is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Douglass
- Westport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reber is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reber
- Port Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keeseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Essex County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Port Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hinesburg, see our County-by-County Page for Hinesburg.
Cemeteries Near Hinesburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinesburg.
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 Hinesburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hinesburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Tracy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hinesburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burritt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDonough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- O'Neil Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. George Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coats Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bradley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Morningside Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Borough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hinesburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hinesburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hinesburg, with the one closest to Hinesburg listed first.
- Hinesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Monkton Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Monkton Ridge is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkton Ridge
- Huntington Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Huntington Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Center
- East Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Charlotte is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charlotte
- Starksboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Ferrisburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Monkton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Monkton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monkton
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jonesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shelburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Ferrisburgh Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hinesburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hinesburg.
Newspapers Published in Hinesburg ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinesburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinesburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinesburg.
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 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 Hinesburg:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Chittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Lamoille County
- Orange 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hinesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hinesburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |