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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan Center: Morgan Ctr. (or less commonly used: Morgan Cen., Morgan Cent. or Morgan 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 southeast 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 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.
Morgan 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 Morgan Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morgan Center:
- Orleans County (The home county of Morgan Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- Morgan
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - West Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- East Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Derby Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Brownington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Derby Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Brownington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Beebe Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
- Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County
- Brownington Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownington Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Village
- Brownington Village is located in Orleans County
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- Newark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Sutton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - West Burke
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- 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>
- Burke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Sheffield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Burke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - East Burke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- 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>
- Sheffield
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Egypt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County
- Wheelock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Lyndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- Warner's Grant
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Avery's Gore
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Lewis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Averill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- Averill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Ferdinand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- 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
- Lemington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - East Haven
(18 miles [29 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
- Lamoille County
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- North Stratford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stratford
- North Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Stratford <2>
- Cones
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Meriden Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
- Meriden Hill is located in Coos County (NH)
- West Stewartstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stewartstown
- West Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Stewartstown <2>
- Colebrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Colebrook is located in Coos County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <2>
- Stewartstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Masons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Mapleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Mapleton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Stratford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Pittsburg is located in Coos County (NH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 821 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morgan Center, see our County-by-County Page for Morgan Center.
Cemeteries Near Morgan Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morgan 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 Morgan Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- Morgan Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wilcox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cargill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cargill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103932 <4>
- Castle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mead Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mead Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mead Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mead Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mead Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mead Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Charleston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Charleston Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Charleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gore Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blyhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blyhill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blyhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bly Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103909 <4>
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220678 <4>
- Frenchmans Plot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frenchmans Plot
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frenchmans Plot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Buck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buck Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillside 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Morgan Center had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morgan Center, with the one closest to Morgan Center listed first.
- Morgan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- 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>
- West Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - East Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Island Pond
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Derby Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Brownington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
- Brownington is located in Orleans County
- Brownington Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evansville <2>
- Westmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
- Westmore is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westmore <2>
- Beebe Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Plain
- Beebe Plain is located in Orleans County
- East Brighton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
- East Brighton is located in Essex County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Derby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- 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>
- Coventry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- 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>
- North Derby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morgan Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morgan Center.
Newspapers Published in Morgan 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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgan Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morgan Center, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morgan Center.
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 Morgan 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
- Essex 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
- Coos 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 Morgan 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> | 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 Morgan Center, 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- Morgan Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgan Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9092, Longitude: -71.9790 In this case, the coordinates for Morgan Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |