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 Lake Park (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 Lake Park. 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 Lake Park ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Park: Lk. Park
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lake Park is located in Orleans County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orleans County: Caledonia, Essex, Franklin & Lamoille.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Park:
- Orleans County (The home county of Lake Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Lindsay Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Beach
- Lindsay Beach is located in Orleans County
- Beebe Plain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
- Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
- Derby Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Center
- Derby Center is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Derby Line
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Line
- Derby Line is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby Line <2>
- Derby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Coventry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - West Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- West Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Charleston <2>
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - North Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Troy
- North Troy is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Troy <2>
- Brownington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Sheffield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Sutton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - West Burke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Burke
- West Burke is located in Caledonia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Burke <2>
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheffield <2>
- Wheelock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Wheelock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Burke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Burke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Egypt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County
- East Burke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Burke
- East Burke is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Burke <2>
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Warner's Grant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner's Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner's Grant
- Warner's Grant is located in Essex County
- Warren's Gore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren's Gore
- Warren's Gore is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Avery's Gore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery's Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
- Avery's Gore is located in Essex County
- Island Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Pond
- Island Pond is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Pond <2>
- Brighton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Averill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Averill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Averill is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Averill <2>
- Lewis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Averill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Ferdinand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Lemington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east) - East Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
- East Haven is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Richford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <2>
- Richford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Richford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richford <2>
- Berkshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Berkshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Enosburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
- Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <2>
- Enosburg Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg Falls
- Enosburg Falls is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
- West Berkshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Berkshire. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berkshire
- West Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- West Enosburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Eden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Eden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Belvidere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Park, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Park.
Cemeteries Near Lake Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Park.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Beebe Main Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beebe Main Street Cemetery
- Lake Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Road Cemetery
- The Lake Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holbrook Cemetery
- Holebrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holebrook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holebrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #927142 <4>
- East Main Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Main Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Main Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kelsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelsey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gilman - Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilman - Knight Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Derby Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derby Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Derby Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Derby Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Darby Center Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103971 <4>
- Derby Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derby Line Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Derby Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Fortin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fortin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fortin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Griffin Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffin Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193359 <4>
- Cowles - Chace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cowles - Chace Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cowles - Chace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fortin Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Lake Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Park, with the one closest to Lake Park listed first.
- North Derby
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Derby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Derby
- North Derby is located in Orleans County
- Beebe Plain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
- Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
- Derby Line
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Line
- Derby Line is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby Line <2>
- Newport Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Center
- Newport Center is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport Center <2>
- Coventry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Coventry is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coventry <2>
- West Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- West Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Charleston <2>
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Morgan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Morgan is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan <2>
- North Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Troy
- North Troy is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Troy <2>
- Brownington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Jay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Jay is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <2>
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Troy is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Brownington Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Center
- Brownington Center is located in Orleans County
- Morgan Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center
- Morgan Center is located in Orleans County
- Troy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Park.
Newspapers Published in Lake Park ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Park, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lake Park:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records.aspx
- Pages specific to Orleans County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Essex County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Franklin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lamoille County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Caledonia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Orleans County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Vermont
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Lake Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9945, Longitude: -72.1943 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |