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 Nelsons Corner (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 Nelsons Corner. 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 Nelsons Corner ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Nelsons Corner: Nelsons Cor. (or less commonly used: Nelsons Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Nelsons Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Nelsons Corner may originally have been Nelson's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Nelsons Corner might be written as Nelson Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Nelsons Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nelsons Corner.
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 doctors 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.
Nelsons Corner 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 Nelsons Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nelsons Corner:
- Windsor County (The home county of Nelsons Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Downers
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Greenbush
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Weathersfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Perkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Ascutney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sheddsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- West Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Cavendish
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Landgrove
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Winhall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Dorset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Barnumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Union Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Strafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Healdville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Bowlsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Shrewsbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Killington Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Mount Tabor
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Killington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Wallingford
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Telemark Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Wallingford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Grafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Londonderry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Saxtons River
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Bellows Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Alstead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Alstead Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Walpole
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Gilsum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Surry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Stoddard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Pinewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Montcalm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Sachem Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Upper Shaker Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lockehaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Newbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Sutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sutton is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutton <2>
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <2>
- Melvin Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- West Andover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Balloch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- South Cornish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Squag City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Plainfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Charlestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Quaker City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Kelleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Croydon Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nelsons Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Nelsons Corner.
Cemeteries Near Nelsons Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nelsons Corner.
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 Nelsons Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nelsons Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Plain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenbush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Toles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eddy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grout Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Upham - Aldrich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ascutneyville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tuttle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amsden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ascutneyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Brownsville #2 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brownsville #1 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Felchville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Nelsons Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nelsons Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nelsons Corner, with the one closest to Nelsons Corner listed first.
- Amsden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Perkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weathersfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cavendish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claremont Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont Junction is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont Junction
- West Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Claremont is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Claremont
- South Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Proctorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cornish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gassetts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gassetts is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassetts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nelsons Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nelsons Corner.
Newspapers Published in Nelsons Corner ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nelsons Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nelsons Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nelsons Corner.
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 Nelsons Corner:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Nelsons Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Nelsons Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |