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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 Sherburne (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 Sherburne. 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 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.

Sherburne is located in Rutland 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 Rutland County: Washington (NY), Addison, Bennington & Windsor.

Below are the counties that are near Sherburne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherburne:

  • Rutland County     (The home county of Sherburne)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Killington
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
      • Killington is located in Rutland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
    • Telemark Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telemark Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
      • Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
    • Killington Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killington Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
      • Killington Village is located in Rutland County
    • West Bridgewater
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mendon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Mendon is located in Rutland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
    • Mendon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chittenden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chittenden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
      • Chittenden is located in Rutland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
    • East Pittsford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pittsfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chittenden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Shrewsbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
      • Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Rutland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Rutland is located in Rutland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,105 people
  • Addison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Hancock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Goshen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
    • Hancock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hancock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Hancock is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Lower Granville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Leicester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leicester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
      • Leicester is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
    • Leicester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Granville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Leicester Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Granville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
      • Granville is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
    • Salisbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
    • Whiting
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ripton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
      • Ripton is located in Addison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Bennington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Landgrove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
      • Landgrove is located in Bennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Peru
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Peru is located in Bennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Landgrove Town Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landgrove Town Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
      • Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
    • Dorset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorset have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
      • Dorset is located in Bennington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
  • Orange County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Alpine Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Roxbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
      • Roxbury is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
    • Roxbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Windsor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Bridgewater
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
      • Bridgewater is located in Windsor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
    • Stockbridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
      • Stockbridge is located in Windsor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
    • Barnard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
      • Barnard is located in Windsor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
    • Barnard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gaysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Plymouth is located in Windsor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Prosper
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • South Pomfret
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Woodstock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
      • Woodstock is located in Windsor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,911 people
    • Emerson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lilliesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grafton County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Meadow Brook Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
      • Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
    • Pinewood Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
      • Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
    • West Lebanon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hanover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sachem Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sachem Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
      • Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
    • Lebanon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,808 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <2>
    • Etna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mascoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mascoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
      • Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mascoma
      • From Sherburne to Mascoma
  • Sullivan County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Plainfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Squag City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squag City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
      • Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
    • Mill Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cornish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Balloch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornish City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
      • Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
    • Meriden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • South Cornish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Claremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.
    • Hampton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Granville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
      • Granville is located in Washington County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granville <2>
    • Middle Granville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Truthville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherburne, see our County-by-County Page for Sherburne.

Cemeteries Near Sherburne ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherburne.

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 Sherburne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.

  • Riverside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Anthony Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anthony Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anthony Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church of Our Saviour Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church of Our Saviour Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wood - Clement Episcopal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood - Clement Episcopal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wood - Clement Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
  • Bridgewater Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgewater Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridgewater Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eggelston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eggelston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eggelston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lydias - Wheelerville Road Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lydias - Wheelerville Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lydias - Wheelerville Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bridgewater Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgewater Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridgewater Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Townline - Saunders Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townline - Saunders Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townline - Saunders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (515 more) ...
    • Wilkins Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilkins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Pittsford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Pittsford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Pittsford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sherburne had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 1990, Sherburne had a population of 738 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherburne, with the one closest to Sherburne listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherburne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherburne.

Newspapers Published in Sherburne ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherburne.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherburne, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherburne.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sherburne:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sherburne. 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>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 Sherburne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Sherburne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sherburne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6576, Longitude: -72.7896       In this case, the coordinates for Sherburne have been taken from the 2010 Census.




 

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