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 Richford (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 Richford. 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 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.
Richford is located in Franklin County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Chittenden, Grand Isle, Lamoille & Orleans.
Below are the counties that are near Richford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richford:
- Franklin County (The home county of Richford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Richford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Richford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richford <2>
- Montgomery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <2>
- Berkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Berkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Enosburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
- Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <2>
- West Berkshire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Berkshire. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berkshire
- West Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Enosburg Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg Falls
- Enosburg Falls is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
- West Enosburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- South Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Franklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Franklin
- South Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Bakersfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakersfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Westford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Westford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Grand Isle County
- Alburg Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg Center
- Alburg Center is located in Grand Isle County
- Alburg Center
- Lamoille County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Belvidere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Belvidere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Belvidere Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Eden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Eden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Waterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Johnson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Johnson is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <2>
- Hyde Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Jeffersonville is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeffersonville <2>
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Hyde Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 475 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyde Park <2>
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <2>
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Jay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - North Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Troy
- North Troy is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Troy <2>
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Troy is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Lowell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Coventry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <2>
- Irasburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Lindsay Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Beach
- Lindsay Beach is located in Orleans County
- Albany Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richford, see our County-by-County Page for Richford.
Cemeteries Near Richford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richford.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Richford Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richford Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richford Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Richford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Richford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Barnet Monument
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnet Monument
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnet Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Troy Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troy Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troy Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- All Saints Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the All Saints Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Jay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Jay Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Jay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Richford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Richford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper)
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper)
- The Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper) has also been known as:
- Montgomery Center Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208335 <4>
- Stevens Ferry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevens Ferry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevens Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Montgomery Center Cemetery (Lower)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Center Cemetery (Lower)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208335 <4>
- Montgomery Center Cemetery (Upper)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Richford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richford, with the one closest to Richford listed first.
- Richford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Richford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richford <2>
- East Richford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Richford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richford
- East Richford is located in Franklin County
- East Berkshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Berkshire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berkshire
- East Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Berkshire <2>
- Montgomery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <2>
- North Enosburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enosburg
- North Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Berkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Enosburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
- Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <2>
- East Enosburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Enosburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Enosburg
- East Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- West Berkshire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Berkshire. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berkshire
- West Berkshire is located in Franklin County
- Enosburg Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg Falls
- Enosburg Falls is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
- Jay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Jay is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <2>
- East Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Franklin
- East Franklin is located in Franklin County
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- West Enosburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- South Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Franklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Franklin
- South Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Westfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Westfield is located in Orleans County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <2>
- West Enosburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richford.
Newspapers Published in Richford ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richford, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richford.
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 either 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 Richford:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records.aspx
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chittenden County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grand Isle County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lamoille County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Orleans County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Chittenden County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Franklin County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Vermont
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Vermont
- Cemeteries of Franklin County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Richford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Richford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9673, Longitude: -72.6379 In this case, the coordinates for Richford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |