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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 Wenlock (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 Wenlock. 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.

Wenlock is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Coos (NH), Grafton (NH), Caledonia & Orleans.

Below are the counties that are near Wenlock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wenlock:

  • Essex County     (The home county of Wenlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.
    • East Brighton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • East Brighton is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
    • Ferdinand
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Ferdinand is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Brunswick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brunswick is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Bloomfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bloomfield is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Lewis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lewis is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Bloomfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bloomfield is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Island Pond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brunswick Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brunswick Springs is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Springs
    • Brighton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Brighton is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,159 people
    • East Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Haven is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Lemington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lemington is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Avery's Gore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Avery's Gore is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
  • Caledonia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.
    • Newark
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Newark is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Burke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burke is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Burke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burke is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • West Burke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Burke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sutton is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
    • Summit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Summit is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Egypt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Egypt is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Kirby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Kirby is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
    • Lyndon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyndon is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,650 people
    • Lyndonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheffield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.
    • East Charleston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • East Charleston is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
    • Morgan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Morgan is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
    • Charleston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Charleston is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
    • Westmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Westmore is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Holland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Holland is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • West Charleston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Holland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Holland is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Brownington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Brownington is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
    • Brownington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Brownington is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
    • Barton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Barton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,455 people
    • Barton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brownington Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Brownington Village is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington Village
  • Coos County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.
    • North Stratford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cones
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Cones is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
    • Meriden Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Meriden Hill is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Hill
    • Masons
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Masons is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
    • Stratford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
    • Columbia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbia is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Mapleton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Mapleton is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
    • Colebrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Groveton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Northumberland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Northumberland is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northumberland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
    • West Stewartstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ervings Location
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ervings Location is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
  • Grafton County (NH)
    • North Littleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Littleton is located in Grafton County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Littleton

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wenlock, see our County-by-County Page for Wenlock.

Cemeteries Near Wenlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wenlock.

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 Wenlock - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wenlock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wenlock had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wenlock, with the one closest to Wenlock listed first.

  • East Brighton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • East Brighton is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brighton
  • Brunswick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brunswick is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
  • North Stratford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Island Pond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Georges
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Georges is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
  • Beatties
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Beatties is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatties
  • East Haven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stratford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stratford is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • East Charleston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • East Charleston is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Charleston
  • Columbia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • West Burke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Burke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burke is located in Caledonia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Gallup Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Gallup Mills is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup Mills
    • Granby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Morgan Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Morgan Center is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wenlock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wenlock.

Newspapers Published in Wenlock ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wenlock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wenlock, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wenlock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wenlock:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Wenlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wenlock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.