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 Windsor (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 Windsor. 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 Windsor ...
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 Windsor: W. Windsor
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 northeast 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 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.
West Windsor is located in Windsor 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 Windsor County: Grafton (NH), Sullivan (NH), Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland & Windham.
Below are the counties that are near West Windsor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Windsor:
- Windsor County (The home county of West Windsor)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Sheddsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sheddsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheddsville
- Brownsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Windsor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,284 people
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- Fieldsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Greenbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- South Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Hartland Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reading
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Ascutney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Landgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Landgrove Town Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Bromley Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bromley Village is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village
- Winhall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winhall is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- South Strafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thetford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Old City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Tunbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Tunbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Post Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Healdville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- West Bridgewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Mount Holly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Mount Holly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Killington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Bowlsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Shrewsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Telemark Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Wallingford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wallingford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Rockingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Rockingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Grafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Londonderry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Cambridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Bellows Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saxtons River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windham is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Alstead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cold River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Drewsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Alstead Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Walpole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Meadow Brook Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Sachem Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lower Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Mascoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Upper Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Newbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Sutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sutton is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutton <1>
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmot <1>
- Wilmot Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Squag City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Balloch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- South Cornish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Kelleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Croydon Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Croydon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Windsor, see our County-by-County Page for West Windsor.
Cemeteries Near West Windsor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Windsor.
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 Windsor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Windsor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Sheddsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brownsville #1 Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brownsville #2 Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Amsden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Felchville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker - Jaquith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoisington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jenneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hapgood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eddy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenbush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Ascutney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aldrich - Kendall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 West Windsor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Windsor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Windsor, with the one closest to West Windsor listed first.
- Brownsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Felchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Felchville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felchville
- South Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Reading is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Reading
- Amsden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amsden is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsden
- South Woodstock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartland Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weathersfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Claremont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Claremont is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Claremont
- Cornish Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cornish Center is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Center
- Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Windsor. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Windsor.
Newspapers Published in West Windsor ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Windsor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Windsor, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Windsor.
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 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 West Windsor:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 West Windsor, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Windsor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |