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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 Ralston 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 Ralston 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 Ralston 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ralston Corner: Ralston Cor. (or less commonly used: Ralston Crn.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ralston Corner is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Coos (NH), Grafton (NH), Caledonia & Orleans.
Below are the counties that are near Ralston Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ralston Corner:
- Essex County (The home county of Ralston Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Concord is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Concord is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Damon Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Damon Crossing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon Crossing
- Lunenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Victory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Victory is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Mill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Gallup Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gallup Mills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
- Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Guildhall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Granby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Granby is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- East Haven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Haven is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Guildhall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Kirby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirby is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Lower Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Saint Johnsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Johnsbury is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johnsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
- Saint Johnsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lyndon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Passumpsic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Passumpsic is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passumpsic
- Lyndon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyndon is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,650 people
- Lyndonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Pumpkin Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pumpkin Hill is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
- Barnet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barnet is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Wells River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury Center is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Center
- Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newbury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,145 people
- Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Topsham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Topsham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- West Newbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Newbury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Greensboro Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westmore is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Glover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greensboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Glover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,455 people
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Glover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
- East Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Charleston is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
- East Craftsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- South Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
- Craftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Cabot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cabot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- South Cabot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Cabot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cabot
- Cabot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lower Cabot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lower Cabot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cabot
- Lanesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lanesboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesboro
- Marshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,465 people
- South Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Calais
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Calais
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Whitefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Carroll
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Highlands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Highlands is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Starr King
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Starr King is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr King
- Groveton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Highland is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Highland
- Mapleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Stratford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- North Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Littleton is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Apthorp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Maplewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Franconia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pierce Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jockey Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Upper Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Upper Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ralston Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Ralston Corner.
Cemeteries Near Ralston Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ralston 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 Ralston Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ralston Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- Royalston Corner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Graves Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord East Side Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Concord West Side Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Overlook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Overlook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Littleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Kirby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cushman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Wheeler Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cushman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Ralston Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ralston Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ralston Corner, with the one closest to Ralston Corner listed first.
- North Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Concord is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Concord
- Miles Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miles Pond is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Pond
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Concord is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- North Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Littleton is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton
- Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Victory is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- East Saint Johnsbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Saint Johnsbury is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Saint Johnsbury
- Lower Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Damon Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Damon Crossing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon Crossing
- Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- West Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Waterford is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waterford
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Lunenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Lunenburg is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lunenburg
- Lunenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Johnsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ralston Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ralston Corner.
Newspapers Published in Ralston 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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ralston Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ralston Corner, 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 Ralston Corner.
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 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 Ralston Corner:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Essex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caledonia County
- Orange County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Coos 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> | 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 Ralston Corner, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ralston Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |