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 Sunderland (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 Sunderland. 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.
Sunderland is located in Bennington 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 Bennington County : Berkshire (MA) , Franklin (MA) , Rensselaer (NY) , Washington (NY) , Rutland , Windham & Windsor .
Below are the counties that are near Sunderland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunderland:
Bennington County (The home county of Sunderland)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Kansas (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Kansas is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Arlington (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Arlington is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,204 people
Manchester (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Manchester is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 4,214 people
Manchester (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Glastenbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Glastenbury is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Manchester Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Manchester Center is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center Manchester Depot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Manchester Depot is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Shaftsbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Sandgate (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Sandgate is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
Shaftsbury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Shaftsbury is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
Barnumville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Barnumville is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville South Shaftsbury (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
South Shaftsbury is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mount Tabor (21 miles [33.8 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
Pawlet (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Pawlet is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawlet Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
South Wallingford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Wallingford is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford Wells (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
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
Wells (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wells is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
Wallingford (27 miles [43.5 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
Middletown Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Middletown Springs is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
Wallingford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Bowlsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Bowlsville is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Stratton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
Stratton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Somerset (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
Podunk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Podunk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk West Wardsboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wardsboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
Dover (13 miles [20.9 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
Jamaica (14 miles [22.5 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
Wardsboro (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
West Dover (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Jamaica (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
South Wardsboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Goose City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Goose City is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Simonsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Simonsville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Weston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Weston is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
Andover (23 miles [37 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Chester (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot Ludlow (29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Grahamville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Grahamville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Briggsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Greylock (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock North Adams (25 miles [40.2 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
Williamstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Florida (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Drury is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Zylonite (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Renfrew (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Adams (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland 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 (24 miles [38.6 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
Rowe (27 miles [43.5 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
North Heath (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
North Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Dell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Dell is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Heath (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Walloomsac (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Eagle Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick Junction (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Hoosick (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Buskirk (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Potter Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Boyntonville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Johnsonville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pittstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown Grafton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Valley Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Saratoga County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Schuylerville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Village of Victory (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
Village of Victory has also been known as:
Victory village Northumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Northumberland is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland Victory Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Grangerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Grangerville is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangerville Gates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Gates is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Jewell Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Jewell Corner is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Corner Deans Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners Gansevoort (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Stillwater (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Anaquassacook (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook White Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Salem (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Cambridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Center White Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Coila (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila Battenville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Battenville is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville East Greenwich (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Porter (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Porter is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cossayuna (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Center Cambridge (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge Archdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Archdale is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale Fly Summit (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Fly Summit is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunderland, see our County-by-County Page for Sunderland .
Cemeteries Near Sunderland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunderland.
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 Sunderland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunderland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Lawrence Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Ira Allen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Matteson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Evergreen Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Columban Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Purdy Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Little Rhode Island Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Maple Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Wilder Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Spencer Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (447 more) ...
Wilcox Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Dellwood Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Factory Point Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sunderland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunderland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunderland, with the one closest to Sunderland listed first.
Sunderland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Sunderland is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
East Arlington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Glastenbury (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Glastenbury is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Manchester (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Shaftsbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Manchester Depot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Manchester Depot is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Manchester Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Manchester Center is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center West Arlington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
West Arlington is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arlington Stratton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Sandgate (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Sandgate is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgate Somerset (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Continue List (14 more) ...
Barnumville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Barnumville is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville South Shaftsbury (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
South Shaftsbury is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury Winhall (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Winhall is also located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunderland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunderland .
Newspapers Published in Sunderland ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunderland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunderland, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Sunderland.
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 websites either 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 Sunderland:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Bennington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Rutland County Windham County Windsor County Berkshire County Franklin County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunderland. 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 . 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- Sunderland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Sunderland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.