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 Pottersville (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 Pottersville. 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 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 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.
Pottersville 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 Pottersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pottersville:
- Lamoille County (The home county of Pottersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Wolcott
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wolcott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolcott is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Elmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmore is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Cleveland Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
- Hyde Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cadys Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Morristown
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stowe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Hardwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
- East Hardwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Walden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- Walden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 944 people
- Stannard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Stannard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Walden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Wheelock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- West Danville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,105 people
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Underhill
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westford
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Richmond is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,100 people
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
- Essex Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- North Williston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Victory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Montgomery
(23 miles [37 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
- Bakersfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Binghamville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Montgomery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Enosburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- Fairfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
- Enosburg Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enosburg Falls is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Topsham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Topsham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Craftsbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- East Craftsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- Greensboro Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greensboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Mill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- South Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Albany Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
- East Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
- Glover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
- Glover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- South Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- North Calais
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
- Worcester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Worcester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Calais
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Calais
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Calais
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
- Cabot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Cabot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Cabot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cabot
- Worcester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cabot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cabot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pottersville, see our County-by-County Page for Pottersville.
Cemeteries Near Pottersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pottersville.
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 Pottersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pottersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Fairmont Upper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairmont Lower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jacob Paine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Elmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Main Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Davenport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elmore Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview - St. Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Maple Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Pottersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pottersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pottersville, with the one closest to Pottersville listed first.
- Wolcott
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hardwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- East Hardwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Craftsbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Craftsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- Hyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cadys Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Morristown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- South Walden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- North Walden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Walden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pottersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pottersville.
Newspapers Published in Pottersville ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pottersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pottersville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pottersville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pottersville:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Lamoille County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Grafton 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> | 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 Pottersville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pottersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |