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 Ludlow (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 Ludlow. 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 and hospitals 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.
Ludlow 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 Ludlow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ludlow:
- Windsor County (The home county of Ludlow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Ludlow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
- Grahamville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grahamville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Proctorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cavendish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Cavendish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tyson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Weston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Felchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Landgrove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Bromley Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Dorset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Winhall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Barnumville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Dorset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Manchester Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rupert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Healdville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Mount Tabor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Shrewsbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Wallingford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- West Bridgewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- South Wallingford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
- Wallingford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,396 people
- Alfrecha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alfrecha is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfrecha
- Danby Four Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Londonderry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Grafton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Rockingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Windham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Jamaica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jamaica is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Cold River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Alstead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- West Lebanon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Balloch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Charlestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Squag City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- South Cornish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Quaker City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Langdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Acworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Washington County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Middle Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Porter is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ludlow, see our County-by-County Page for Ludlow.
Cemeteries Near Ludlow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ludlow.
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 Ludlow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ludlow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Proctor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Twentymile Stream Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smokeshire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cavendish Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Revolutionary War Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheelock Rest House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth Kingdom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (487 more) ...
- Tyson - Pollard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carlton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ludlow had a population of 1,081 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ludlow had a population of 764 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
- Proctorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cavendish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tyson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Healdville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Gassetts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gassetts is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassetts
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Hortonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hortonville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Felchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Plymouth Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Simonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Simonsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
- North Springfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perkinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ludlow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ludlow.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ludlow ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ludlow.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ludlow. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ludlow and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ludlow.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Ludlow.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ludlow:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan County
- Washington 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 Ludlow, 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- Ludlow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |