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 Plymouth (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 Plymouth. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Plymouth 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 Plymouth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plymouth:
- Windsor County (The home county of Plymouth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plymouth Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Tyson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
- Grahamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grahamville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Ludlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
- Ludlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Cavendish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Felchville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Leicester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Leicester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Landgrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(20 miles [32.2 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Dorset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Winhall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Dorset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Manchester Depot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Manchester Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- South Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Strafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- East Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
- Strafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Braintree Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Healdville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Shrewsbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Killington Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Bowlsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Killington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Wallingford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Alfrecha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alfrecha is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfrecha
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Londonderry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Grafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Brockways Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Rockingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- South Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Montcalm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Lower Shaker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Balloch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Squag City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Cornish
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plainfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Mill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- South Cornish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Charlestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Croydon Flat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Washington County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Middle Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Truthville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Truthville is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truthville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plymouth, see our County-by-County Page for Plymouth.
Cemeteries Near Plymouth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plymouth.
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 Plymouth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plymouth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Plymouth Notch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plymouth - Five Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodward - Wilder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tyson - Pollard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth Kingdom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toplift Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer - Stand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Curtis Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Bridgewater Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Plymouth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plymouth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plymouth, with the one closest to Plymouth listed first.
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plymouth Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Tyson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Hortonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hortonville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- West Bridgewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Bridgewater Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Shrewsbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shrewsbury
- Healdville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Cold River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cold River is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shrewsbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cuttingsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ludlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plymouth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plymouth.
Newspapers Published in Plymouth ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plymouth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plymouth, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plymouth.
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 Plymouth:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan County
- Washington 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 Plymouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plymouth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |