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 Sharon (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 Sharon. 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.
Sharon 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 Sharon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharon:
- Windsor County (The home county of Sharon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Sharon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- West Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- South Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Norwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- East Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Hancock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Granville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Granville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Hancock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ripton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- South Strafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Tunbridge
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Union Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Thetford Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thetford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thetford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Post Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- East Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- North Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Killington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Killington Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Telemark Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- West Bridgewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Pittsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Mendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Chittenden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chittenden is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Chittenden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Pittsford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Pittsford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsford
- Mendon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Roxbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Graniteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Roxbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Websterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Barre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Northfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Barre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Alpine Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Barre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
- Barre has also been known as:
- Barre City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
- Northfield Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,783 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Hanover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sachem Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Meadow Brook Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lyme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lyme Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Mascoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Orford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Enfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Squag City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Meriden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Cornish City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Cornish
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- North Grantham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Balloch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Grantham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Croydon Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharon, see our County-by-County Page for Sharon.
Cemeteries Near Sharon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharon.
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 Sharon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Village - Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Broad Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dewey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Broad Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Babcock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Havens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Royalton Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hewittville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parkhurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Branchview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Barnard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bunker Hill 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sharon had a population of 212 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- North Pomfret
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomfret
- West Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- South Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Barnard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barnard
- West Hartford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- South Tunbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunbridge
- South Strafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Tunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Pomfret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharon.
Newspapers Published in Sharon ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharon, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharon.
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 Sharon:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Grafton 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> | 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 Sharon, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |