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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 Lower Village (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 Lower Village. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Lower Village 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 Lower Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Village:

  • Lamoille County     (The home county of Lower Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Stowe
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Moscow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Stowe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stowe is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
    • Morristown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
    • Morrisville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cadys Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
    • Elmore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Elmore is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
    • Hyde Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
    • Johnson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Johnson is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
    • Johnson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hyde Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
    • Cambridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
  • Addison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Starksboro
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Starksboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerusalem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jerusalem is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • South Starksboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • South Starksboro is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro
    • Monkton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Monkton is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Ferrisburgh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • West Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • West Lincoln is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lincoln
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bristol is located in Addison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Caledonia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Hardwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
    • East Hardwick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • South Walden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • South Walden is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
    • Walden
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Walden is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Stannard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Stannard is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Stannard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Stannard is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
    • West Danville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Peacham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Peacham is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
    • Groton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Groton is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
    • Lakeside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeside is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Danville
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Danville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Chittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Bolton
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Underhill is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
    • Nashville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Nashville is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Jericho Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jericho
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Jericho
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Richmond
      (15 miles [24.1 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Huntington
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • North Williston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • North Williston is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
    • Westford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
    • Essex Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
    • Essex
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Essex is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Binghamville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Binghamville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
    • Fletcher
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Fairfax
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Bakersfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bakersfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
    • Fairfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Fairfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
    • East Georgia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • East Georgia is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
    • Egypt ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Egypt is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Fairfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Fairfax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Fairfax is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax
    • Oakland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Enosburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Georgia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgia is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Williamstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Williamstown
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Orange
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
    • 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
    • Washington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Washington is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
    • East Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • East Brookfield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
    • West Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • West Brookfield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Craftsbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • Craftsbury
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • East Craftsbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
    • Mill Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mill Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • Greensboro Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Greensboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Greensboro is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
    • Albany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Albany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
    • Albany Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Albany Center is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
    • Albany
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • East Albany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Albany is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
    • Lowell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lowell is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Glover
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
    • Waterbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Waterbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
    • Worcester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Worcester is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
    • Mill Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Mill Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
    • Waterbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Worcester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Middlesex
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Middlesex is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
    • Middlesex
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Maple Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Maple Corner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
    • Adamant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Calais
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Calais is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
    • Calais
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Moretown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Moretown is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
    • Duxbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Duxbury is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people

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

Cemeteries Near Lower Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Village.

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 Lower Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Village Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Riverbank Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • West Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Luce Hill South Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Luce Hill North Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Trapp Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Route 108 Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Street Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Loomis Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Randolph - Herrick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (429 more) ...
    • Elmore Mtn. Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • La Porte Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Stowe
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Moscow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Waterbury Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Morristown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Waterbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Morrisville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • North Duxbury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Duxbury is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Duxbury
  • Worcester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cadys Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
  • Bolton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Putnamville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Putnamville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
  • Hyde Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Underhill Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Underhill Center is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill Center
    • West Bolton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • West Bolton is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bolton
    • Middlesex
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lower Village ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Village.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lower Village:

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 Lower Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Lower Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.