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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 Morrisville (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 Morrisville. 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 southeast 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 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.

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

  • Lamoille County     (The home county of Morrisville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
    • Cadys Falls
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hyde Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Morristown is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
    • Hyde Park
      (4 miles [6.4 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
    • Wolcott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Johnson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Johnson is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
    • Johnson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolcott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wolcott is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
    • Stowe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Stowe is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
    • Stowe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmore is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
    • Lower Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lower Village is located in Lamoille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
  • Addison County
    • Starksboro
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Caledonia County
  • Chittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
    • Underhill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Underhill is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
    • Bolton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bolton is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
    • Nashville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericho
      (18 miles [29 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 Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jericho
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Westford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Westford is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
    • Westford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Richmond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond is located in Chittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
    • Richmond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Essex
      (23 miles [37 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
    • North Williston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morrisville, with the one closest to Morrisville listed first.
    • Binghamville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Binghamville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
    • Fletcher
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Bakersfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
    • Bakersfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Montgomery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Montgomery is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
    • Egypt ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
    • Enosburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • 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
    • Montgomery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Fairfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • West Enosburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • East Georgia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • East Georgia is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
  • Orange County
  • Orleans County
  • Washington County

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

Cemeteries Near Morrisville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morrisville.

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 Morrisville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Riverbank Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • La Porte Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Plains - Green Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Village Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Teresa Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jedidia Hyde Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Randolph - Herrick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Plains Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (416 more) ...
    • Jones Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmore Mtn. Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Elmore Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Morrisville had a population of 1,300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morrisville had a population of 2,090 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Morrisville ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morrisville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Morrisville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Morrisville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Morrisville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of Morrisville.

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 Morrisville:

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>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 Morrisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morrisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.