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 Wardsboro (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 Wardsboro. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Wardsboro 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 Wardsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wardsboro:
Windham County (The home county of Wardsboro)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
South Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the east)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Podunk (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Podunk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk Dover (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Goose City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Goose City is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City Stratton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Jamaica (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
West Dover (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Jamaica (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jamaica is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
West Townshend (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Stratton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
Harmonyville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Harmonyville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonyville Bennington County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Winhall (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Winhall is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
Searsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Searsburg is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Glastenbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Glastenbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Sunderland (13 miles [20.9 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Bromley Village is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village Landgrove Town Center (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center Barnumville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Barnumville is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumville Manchester Depot (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Landgrove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Landgrove is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
Manchester Center (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Center is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center Manchester (16 miles [25.7 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 (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kansas (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Kansas is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Mount Tabor (23 miles [37 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners Danby (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Danby is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
Healdville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Healdville is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville Mount Holly (28 miles [45.1 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
South Wallingford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
South Wallingford is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallingford Pawlet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bowlsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bowlsville is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville Mount Holly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Wallingford (30 miles [48.3 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
Pawlet (30 miles [48.3 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
Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Simonsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Simonsville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Andover (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Andover is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
Andover (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Weston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Weston is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
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 (21 miles [33.8 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
Springfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Springfield is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
Springfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ludlow is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
Ludlow (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
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
North Springfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Briggsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Florida (26 miles [41.8 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
North Adams (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Drury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Drury is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Greylock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Williamstown (28 miles [45.1 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
Zylonite (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Savoy Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center Renfrew (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Monroe Bridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge North Heath (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Elm Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Elm Grove is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Monroe (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 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
Heath (23 miles [37 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
Colrain (24 miles [38.6 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
Dell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Dell is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Foundry Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Leyden (24 miles [38.6 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
Griswoldville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Griswoldville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville Shattuckville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Shattuckville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuckville Bernardston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
Cheshire County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Westmoreland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chesterfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cold River (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River Walpole (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Spofford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Drewsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville Hinsdale (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Alstead (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Alstead Center (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center Surry (25 miles [40.2 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
Ashuelot (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Keene (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Keene is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene Population from the 2020 Census: 22,699 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
Lower Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Lower Village is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village Sullivan County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Charlestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Langdon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Langdon is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
Acworth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Acworth is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
Quaker City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Quaker City is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City South Acworth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
South Acworth is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
Walloomsac (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Hoosick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Hoosick Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Hoosick Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Eagle Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
White Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Salem (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Cambridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Center White Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Porter (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Porter is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Coila (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila East Greenwich (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wardsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Wardsboro .
Cemeteries Near Wardsboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wardsboro.
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 Wardsboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wardsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
South Wardsboro Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Fairview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Wardsboro Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
West Jamaica Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
South Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Eddy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Pike Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Snow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Rice - Snow Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hathaway Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Baldwin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (477 more) ...
Wardsboro Road Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ball Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Willis Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Wardsboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wardsboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wardsboro, with the one closest to Wardsboro listed first.
South Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the east)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Wardsboro (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Stratton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton West Dover (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Dover (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
East Dover (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
East Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover East Jamaica (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
East Jamaica is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Jamaica Jamaica (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
West Townshend (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Townshend (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
South Newfane (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
South Newfane is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newfane Continue List (13 more) ...
Williamsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Newfane (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Rawsonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Rawsonville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wardsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wardsboro .
Newspapers Published in Wardsboro ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wardsboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wardsboro, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Wardsboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wardsboro:
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 Wardsboro. 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 Wardsboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wardsboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.