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 Montgomery Center (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 Montgomery Center. 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 Montgomery Center ...
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 Montgomery Center: Montgomery Ctr. (or less commonly used: Montgomery Cen., Montgomery Cent. or Montgomery Cntr.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Montgomery Center 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 Montgomery Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montgomery Center:
- Orleans County (The home county of Montgomery Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Troy is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Jay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - North Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <2>
- Newport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Albany Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Irasburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Coventry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Hardwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Sheffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Stannard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Sheffield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheffield <2>
- Stannard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Wheelock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Underhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Westford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Milton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <2>
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Montgomery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <2>
- Richford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Enosburg
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Richford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- West Enosburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Berkshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Berkshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Bakersfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakersfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
- Enosburg Falls
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Bakersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bakersfield <2>
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Belvidere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Belvidere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Belvidere Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Waterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Johnson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Hyde Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Johnson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Johnson is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <2>
- Cleveland Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
- Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
- Hyde Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 475 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyde Park <2>
- Jeffersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Jeffersonville is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeffersonville <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montgomery Center, see our County-by-County Page for Montgomery Center.
Newspapers Published in Montgomery Center ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montgomery Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montgomery Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montgomery Center.
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 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 Montgomery Center:
- 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
- Chittenden 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
Cemeteries Near Montgomery Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montgomery Center.
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 Montgomery Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- St. Isidore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Isidore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Isidore Cemetery
- Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper)
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- The Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper) has also been known as:
- Montgomery Center Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208335 <5>
- Montgomery Center Cemetery (Lower)
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Center Cemetery (Lower)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208335 <5>
- Roegan Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roegan Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roegan Road Cemetery
- Roegan Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roegan Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roegan Road Cemetery
- Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
- Old Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
- Clapp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clapp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clapp Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
- South Richford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Richford Cemetery
- East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery
- East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Cook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
- Burroughs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burroughs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burroughs Cemetery
- Richford Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richford Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richford Center Cemetery
- Cook 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.<6>
While we didn't find Montgomery Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Montgomery Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montgomery Center, with the one closest to Montgomery Center listed first.
- Montgomery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <2>
- East Berkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Berkshire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berkshire
- East Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Berkshire <2>
- East Enosburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Enosburg
- East Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Enosburg
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Richford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Westfield is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <2>
- North Enosburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enosburg
- North Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Belvidere Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Center
- Belvidere Center is located in Lamoille County
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <2>
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Troy is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Jay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- East Richford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Richford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richford
- East Richford is located in Franklin County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Enosburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Belvidere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Berkshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- West Enosburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montgomery Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montgomery Center.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montgomery Center. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Montgomery Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montgomery Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8781, Longitude: -72.6023 In this case, the coordinates for Montgomery Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Montgomery Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |