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 West Settlement (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 West Settlement. 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.
Name Variations for West Settlement ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Settlement: W. Settlement
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Settlement. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Settlement.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
West Settlement is located in Lamoille 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 Lamoille County: Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near West Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Settlement:
- Lamoille County (The home county of West Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
- Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Cadys Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Morristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
- Cleveland Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Corners is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Corners
- Hyde Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hyde Park is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,942 people
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belvidere Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction
- Addison County
- Starksboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starksboro is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Caledonia County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Hardwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,839 people
- East Hardwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Walden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walden
- Stannard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Walden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 944 people
- Stannard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stannard is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stannard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Walden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Wheelock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wheelock is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Caledonia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Underhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
- Westford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,123 people
- Westford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westford is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Jericho
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
- Jericho
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Bolton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Jericho Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Center is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center
- Essex
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,839 people
- Pages Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- North Williston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Williston is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Williston
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Fletcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Binghamville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Binghamville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville
- Bakersfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bakersfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bakersfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
- Egypt ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairfax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
- Fairfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enosburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- West Enosburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Enosburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enosburg
- East Georgia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Georgia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grand Isle County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Grand Isle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Keeler Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay
- South Hero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- North Hero
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Hero is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hero
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Adams Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing
- Pearl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Craftsbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Craftsbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- East Craftsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Craftsbury is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Craftsbury
- Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Albany Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Albany Center is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Center
- South Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Albany
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
- East Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Albany is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Albany
- Greensboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greensboro is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Greensboro Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Waterbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Waterbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
- Worcester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worcester is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Worcester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Waterbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
- North Calais
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Calais
- South Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbury
- Woodbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Middlesex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
- Calais
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calais is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Calais
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for West Settlement.
Cemeteries Near West Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Settlement.
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 West Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Evergreen Ledge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bidwell - French Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lamoille View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitting Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Cambridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Page Burial Plot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smiley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Cambridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sterling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Sterling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Teresa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find West Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Settlement, with the one closest to West Settlement listed first.
- Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Hyde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Jeffersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Cadys Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cadys Falls is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadys Falls
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belvidere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- East Fletcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Fletcher is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fletcher
- North Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Cambridge is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cambridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Garfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Belvidere Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belvidere Center is located in Lamoille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Center
- North Underhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Underhill is located in Chittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Underhill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Settlement.
Newspapers Published in West Settlement ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Settlement, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Settlement.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 West Settlement:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Lamoille County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Caledonia County
- Chittenden County
- Franklin County
- Grand Isle County
- Orleans County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
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> | 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 West Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- West Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |