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 New Boston (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 New Boston. 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.
New Boston 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 New Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Boston:
- Windsor County (The home county of New Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Emerson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Lilliesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lilliesville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilliesville
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Gaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Royalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Granville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Granville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Goshen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ripton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Leicester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Ripton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Leicester Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leicester Junction is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Junction
- Chittenden County
- Buels Gore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buels Gore is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buels Gore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Braintree Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Braintree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
- Braintree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- South Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Randolph Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
- East Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Tunbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Tunbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- North Randolph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Pittsfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Pittsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chittenden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chittenden is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Telemark Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Killington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Killington Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Chittenden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- East Pittsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittsford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsford
- Mendon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Dale is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Alpine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alpine Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Roxbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Warren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,667 people
- Northfield Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sugarbush Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sugarbush Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarbush Village
- Northfield Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waitsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waitsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waitsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,692 people
- Waitsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Meadow Brook Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- West Lebanon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Pinewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Plainfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Boston, see our County-by-County Page for New Boston.
Cemeteries Near New Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Boston.
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 New Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Tupper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lympus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Angell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parmenter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Betsy Bartlett Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvester Plot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Little Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find New Boston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Boston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Stockbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pittsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gaysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Sherburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sherburne
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Royalton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- South Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Braintree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- West Braintree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Braintree is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Braintree
- Sherburne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Boston.
Newspapers Published in New Boston ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Boston, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Boston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 New Boston:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Chittenden County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 New Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Boston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |