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 Stratton (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 Stratton. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Stratton is located in Windham 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 Windham County : Franklin (MA) , Cheshire (NH) , Sullivan (NH) , Bennington & Windsor .
Below are the counties that are near Stratton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stratton:
Windham County (The home county of Stratton)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Stratton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton West Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Podunk (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Podunk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk Jamaica (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jamaica is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
Jamaica (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Wardsboro (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Wardsboro (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
Somerset (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
Dover (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
South Wardsboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro South Windham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham West Dover (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Goose City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Goose City is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City Bennington County
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Winhall (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Winhall is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
Manchester Depot (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Sunderland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Sunderland is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
Bromley Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Bromley Village is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village Barnumville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Barnumville is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville Manchester Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Center is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center Manchester (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Manchester is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
Manchester (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Glastenbury (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Glastenbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Kansas (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Kansas is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landgrove Town Center (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center Landgrove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Landgrove is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
Arlington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Mount Tabor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
Danby Four Corners (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners Danby (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Danby is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
Pawlet (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
South Wallingford (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
South Wallingford is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford Pawlet (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Pawlet is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
Bowlsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bowlsville is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville Healdville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Healdville is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville Mount Holly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wallingford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wallingford is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
Tinmouth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Tinmouth is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
Wallingford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Simonsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Simonsville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Weston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Weston is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
Andover (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Andover is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
Andover (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot Chester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Chester is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
Chester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
Ludlow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Grahamville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Grahamville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville Proctorsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Baltimore (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Baltimore is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
Cavendish (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Briggsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville North Adams (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Florida (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Florida is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Drury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Drury is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Greylock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Williamstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Monroe Bridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Monroe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
North Heath (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Rowe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rowe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Elm Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Elm Grove is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Dell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Dell is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Heath (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
Foundry Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Leyden (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Leyden is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
Colrain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Colrain is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colrain Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
Griswoldville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Griswoldville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville Cheshire County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Cold River (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River Walpole (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Westmoreland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Drewsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville Chesterfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Spofford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Alstead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Alstead Center (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center Hinsdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Surry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Surry is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
Sullivan County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Charlestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Langdon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Langdon is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Walloomsac (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Hoosick Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Hoosick Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Eagle Bridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Petersburg Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Buskirk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Potter Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Anaquassacook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook White Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Salem (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Porter (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Porter is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cambridge (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Center White Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Coila (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila East Greenwich (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Battenville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Battenville is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville North Hebron (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
North Hebron is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hebron Cossayuna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Belcher (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Belcher is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher Center Cambridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stratton, see our County-by-County Page for Stratton .
Cemeteries Near Stratton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stratton.
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 Stratton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stratton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
North Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
North Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Ball Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Willis Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Eddy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
West Jamaica Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Pikes Falls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mundell - Bourne Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wilder Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Robinson Dalewood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Pike Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (490 more) ...
West Wardsboro Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Bondville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Middletown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Stratton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stratton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stratton, with the one closest to Stratton listed first.
Stratton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton West Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Bondville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Rawsonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Rawsonville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville Wardsboro (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jamaica (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Winhall (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Winhall is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
South Wardsboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Manchester Depot (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Somerset (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset East Jamaica (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
East Jamaica is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Jamaica South Londonderry (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Barnumville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Barnumville is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville Manchester Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Center is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center Manchester (9 miles [14.5 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 Stratton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stratton .
Newspapers Published in Stratton ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stratton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stratton, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Stratton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Stratton:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Windham County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bennington County Rutland County Windsor County Berkshire County Franklin County Cheshire County Sullivan County Rensselaer County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stratton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Stratton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Stratton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.