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 Smithville (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 Smithville. 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 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.
Smithville 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 Smithville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smithville:
- Windsor County (The home county of Smithville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Proctorsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ludlow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ludlow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
- Grahamville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Cavendish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cavendish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cavendish is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Baltimore
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Downers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Downers is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Landgrove
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Winhall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Dorset
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Barnumville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barnumville is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville
- Dorset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot
- Manchester Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Healdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Mount Tabor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Shrewsbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Wallingford
(13 miles [20.9 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
- West Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- South Wallingford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford
- Wallingford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Killington Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Clarendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,396 people
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Londonderry
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Brockways Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Grafton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- South Windham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Saxtons River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Alstead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Walpole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Surry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lower Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Upper Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Merrimack County (NH)
- Mount Sunapee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Balloch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Claremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cornish City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Charlestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- South Cornish
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Plainfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Mill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Unity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Langdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Washington County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hampton is located in Washington County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smithville, see our County-by-County Page for Smithville.
Cemeteries Near Smithville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smithville.
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 Smithville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smithville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Proctor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twentymile Stream Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smokeshire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cavendish Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Revolutionary War Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelock Rest House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth Kingdom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Tyson - Pollard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Smithville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smithville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smithville, with the one closest to Smithville listed first.
- Proctorsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ludlow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cavendish
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tyson is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Gassetts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gassetts is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassetts
- Healdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Andover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- North Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Chester is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester
- North Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amsden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Felchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Hortonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hortonville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Mount Holly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smithville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smithville.
Newspapers Published in Smithville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smithville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smithville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Smithville:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Washington 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 Smithville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smithville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |