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 Reading (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 Reading. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Reading 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 Reading. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reading:
- Windsor County (The home county of Reading)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- South Reading
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Sheddsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- West Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- South Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Cavendish
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Cavendish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Downers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Downers is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Dorset
(27 miles [43.5 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
(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
- Barnumville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- South Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Strafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Old City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Strafford
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thetford Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- East Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Healdville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- West Bridgewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Mount Holly
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Shrewsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Killington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Wallingford
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Mendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Mount Tabor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Londonderry
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Cambridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Windham
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saxtons River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Bellows Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Windham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Alstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- West Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- 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
- Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Lower Shaker Village
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lockehaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Mount Sunapee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Newbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Balloch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Squag City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Cornish City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- South Cornish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Charlestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kelleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Quaker City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Croydon Flat
(21 miles [33.8 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 Reading, see our County-by-County Page for Reading.
Cemeteries Near Reading ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reading.
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 Reading - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reading covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- Sawyer - Stand Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- South Reading Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hapgood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shedd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Felchville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amsden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth Kingdom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walker - Jaquith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fullerton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tyson - Pollard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Curtis Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Twentymile Stream Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelock Rest House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Reading in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reading.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reading, with the one closest to Reading listed first.
- South Reading
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- South Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Proctorsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cavendish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Amsden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Bridgewater Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plymouth Union is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Union
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ludlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- Healdville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reading. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reading.
Newspapers Published in Reading ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reading.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reading, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reading.
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 Reading:
- 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> | 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 Reading, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Reading) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |