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 South Cambridge (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 South Cambridge. 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.
Name Variations for South Cambridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Cambridge: S. Cambridge
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Cambridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Cambridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
South Cambridge is located in Lamoille 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 Lamoille County: Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near South Cambridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Cambridge:
- Lamoille County (The home county of South Cambridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
- Jeffersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cambridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
- Johnson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Cadys Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Hyde Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belvidere Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Morristown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Stowe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stowe is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
- Morrisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Belvidere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Starksboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Starksboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Hardwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
- East Hardwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Walden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- Stannard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Walden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 944 people
- Stannard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Walden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Underhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
- Westford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
- Westford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Jericho
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
- Jericho
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Bolton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Essex Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- Essex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pages Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- North Williston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Binghamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Bakersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
- Bakersfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Georgia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
- North Fairfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Georgia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
- Enosburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grand Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Grand Isle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- South Hero
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Keeler Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
- Pearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- North Hero
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- North Hero
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Craftsbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Craftsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Craftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- Albany Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
- Westfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- East Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
- Greensboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- South Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
- Greensboro Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Waterbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Waterbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
- Worcester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Worcester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Mill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Waterbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Worcester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
- Duxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Duxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Middlesex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
- Woodbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calais
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Calais
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Calais
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
- Clinton County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Cumberland Head
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Head is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Head
- Point Au Roche
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Point Au Roche is located in Clinton County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Au Roche
- Essex County (NY)
- Port Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Cambridge, see our County-by-County Page for South Cambridge.
Cemeteries Near South Cambridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Cambridge.
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 South Cambridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Cambridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- South Cambridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jeffersonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Cambridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Irish Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Ledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smiley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- North Cambridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Page Burial Plot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- River Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 South Cambridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Cambridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Cambridge, with the one closest to South Cambridge listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cambridge Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Cambridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cambridge
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- North Underhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Underhill
- Johnson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fletcher
- Binghamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Underhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Underhill Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Underhill Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill Center
- Morristown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cadys Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Hyde Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Westford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Cambridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Cambridge.
Newspapers Published in South Cambridge ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Cambridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Cambridge, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Cambridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 South Cambridge:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Lamoille County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Clinton County
- Essex 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 South Cambridge, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Cambridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |