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 Upper Graniteville (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 Upper Graniteville. 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.
Upper Graniteville is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Addison , Caledonia , Chittenden , Lamoille & Orange .
Below are the counties that are near Upper Graniteville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Graniteville:
Washington County (The home county of Upper Graniteville)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Websterville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Graniteville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Graniteville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville South Barre (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
South Barre is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre Barre (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Barre is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
Barre (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Barre is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
Barre has also been known as:
Barre City Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
Plainfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Plainfield is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
Berlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Berlin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,783 people
Northfield Falls (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Northfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Montpelier (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Northfield Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Northfield Center is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center East Montpelier (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
East Montpelier is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
Northfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Northfield is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
Addison County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Granville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Granville is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
Granville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lower Granville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lower Granville is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville Hancock (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Jerusalem (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Jerusalem is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Lincoln (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lincoln is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
Lincoln (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hancock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hancock is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
South Starksboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
South Starksboro is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro Starksboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Starksboro is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
West Lincoln (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
West Lincoln is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lincoln Ripton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ripton is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
Bristol (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Bristol is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
Caledonia County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Groton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Groton is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton Population from the 2020 Census: 954 people
Lakeside (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Lakeside is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Groton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ryegate (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ryegate is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Population from the 2020 Census: 1,084 people
Peacham (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Peacham is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacham Population from the 2020 Census: 708 people
Ryegate Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Ryegate Corner is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate Corner Peacham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
South Peacham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
South Peacham is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Peacham McIndoe Falls (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
McIndoe Falls is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoe Falls Barnet (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Barnet is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnet Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
Greenbank Hollow (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Greenbank Hollow is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank Hollow Greenbank Hollow has also been known as:
Greenbank Village Greenbanks South Danville Harvey Hollow (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Harvey Hollow is located in Caledonia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Hollow West Danville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Chittenden County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Buels Gore (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Buels Gore is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buels Gore Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
Bolton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Bolton is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
Huntington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Huntington is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,969 people
Lamoille County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Elmore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Elmore is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
Moscow (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lower Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lower Village is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village Stowe (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Stowe (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Stowe is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
Wolcott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Morristown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Morristown is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
Morrisville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Cadys Falls (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls Wolcott (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wolcott is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
Orange County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Orange (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Orange is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
Washington (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Washington is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
Corinth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Corinth is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Population from the 2020 Census: 1,427 people
West Corinth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
West Corinth is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth Brookfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Brookfield is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343 people
East Brookfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
East Brookfield is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield Chelsea (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Chelsea is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
Topsham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Topsham is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
North Randolph (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
North Randolph is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph West Brookfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
West Brookfield is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield East Corinth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
East Corinth is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth Orleans County
Greensboro Bend (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Pittsfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pittsfield is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
Pittsfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
East Bethel (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Bethel is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel Bethel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Royalton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Royalton is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
Royalton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Royalton is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton South Royalton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bethel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Bethel is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
Sharon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Sharon is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
Lilliesville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Lilliesville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilliesville Rochester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Rochester (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Rochester is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
West Norwich (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
West Norwich is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich Emerson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Emerson is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Gaysville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Gaysville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville Grafton County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
Haverhill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Woodsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Monroe (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Monroe is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
North Haverhill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Piermont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Orford (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Bath (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bath is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
Orfordville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Orfordville is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville Swiftwater (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Swiftwater is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater Upper Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Upper Village is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village Lyme (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
Benton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Benton is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
Jockey Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Jockey Hill is located in Grafton County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Graniteville, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Graniteville .
Cemeteries Near Upper Graniteville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Graniteville.
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 Upper Graniteville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Graniteville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
St. Sylvester Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Sylvester Cemetery The St. Sylvester Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Sylvester Catholic Cemetery St. Sylvester's Cemetery Wilson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Williamstown Village Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Elmwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Barre . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1099648 <2>
East Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cheney Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Maple Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Brock Haven Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Orange Center Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
West Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sherman Family Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
West Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (452 more) ...
Hope Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Barre . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104068 <2>
Maplewood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Adams Lot Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Upper Graniteville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Graniteville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Graniteville, with the one closest to Upper Graniteville listed first.
East Barre (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Websterville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Graniteville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Graniteville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville South Barre (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
South Barre is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Washington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Orange (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Orange is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Barre (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Barre is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
Barre has also been known as:
Barre City Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <1>
East Orange (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
East Orange is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange South Northfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
South Northfield is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Northfield South Washington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
South Washington is located in Orange County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Washington West Topsham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Continue List (13 more) ...
East Montpelier (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
East Montpelier is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Montpelier West Berlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
West Berlin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin Northfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Graniteville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Graniteville .
Newspapers Published in Upper Graniteville ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Graniteville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Graniteville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Upper Graniteville.
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 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 Upper Graniteville:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Addison County Caledonia County Chittenden County Lamoille County Orange County Orleans County Rutland County Windsor County Grafton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Upper Graniteville. 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' (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- Upper Graniteville) 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 Upper Graniteville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.