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 Maidstone (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 Maidstone. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Maidstone is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Coos (NH), Grafton (NH), Caledonia & Orleans.
Below are the counties that are near Maidstone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maidstone:
- Essex County (The home county of Maidstone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Maidstone
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maidstone is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Guildhall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brunswick Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
- Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Guildhall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Granby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granby is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Ferdinand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferdinand is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gallup Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- East Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Haven is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Burke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Newark is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Burke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- East Burke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kirby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- West Burke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Egypt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lyndon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lyndon is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,650 people
- Lyndonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sutton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sutton is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Lyndon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Saint Johnsbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johnsbury is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Westmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westmore is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- East Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- Morgan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Brownington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- West Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,455 people
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Mapleton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Stratford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Masons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Masons is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Groveton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- North Stratford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Percy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Percy is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Meriden Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- Cones
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cones is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Milan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Milan is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milan
- Ervings Location
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- North Littleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Littleton is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton
- Apthorp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Littleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pierce Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Franconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maidstone, see our County-by-County Page for Maidstone.
Cemeteries Near Maidstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maidstone.
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 Maidstone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maidstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stevens - McDade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smith - Gardner - Shoff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Haynes Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Stratford (NH).
- The Haynes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stratford East Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551850 <3>
- Rich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keith - Crawford - North Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgewell - Central Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Court House Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Webb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Connecticut Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Lyman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Porrell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside - Smart - Fellows - South Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Maidstone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maidstone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maidstone, with the one closest to Maidstone listed first.
- Stratford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Stevens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stevens is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Beatties
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beatties is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
- Groveton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guildhall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- North Stratford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Stark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Percy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Percy is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Georges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Georges is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gallup Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grange is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maidstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maidstone.
Newspapers Published in Maidstone ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maidstone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maidstone, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maidstone.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Maidstone:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Essex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Orleans County
- Coos County
- Grafton 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- Maidstone) 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 Maidstone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |