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 Woodstock (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 Woodstock. 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 Woodstock ...
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 Woodstock: W. Woodstock
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Woodstock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Woodstock.
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 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.
West Woodstock 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 Woodstock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Woodstock:
- Windsor County (The home county of West Woodstock)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Woodstock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,911 people
- Prosper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prosper is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- South Pomfret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Woodstock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Quechee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bridgewater is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
- Fieldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fieldsville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldsville
- Hartland Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Lower Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Granville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Bennington County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Landgrove
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Bennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- South Strafford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Union Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Union Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- South Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Tunbridge
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Strafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Thetford Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thetford
(20 miles [32.2 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
- East Randolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Killington Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Sherburne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Healdville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Shrewsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Mount Holly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlsville is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlsville
- Windham County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Brockways Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Londonderry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,639 people
- Rockingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Windham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Grafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rockingham
(30 miles [48.3 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 County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- West Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Meadow Brook Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Sachem Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mascoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Montcalm
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Enfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Upper Shaker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Mount Sunapee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Plainfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Squag City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Cornish City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Meriden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- South Cornish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Claremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Croydon Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Croydon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Woodstock, see our County-by-County Page for West Woodstock.
Cemeteries Near West Woodstock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Woodstock.
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 Woodstock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Woodstock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hendee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Prosper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- River Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Frizzel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taftsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Bridgewater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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, West Woodstock had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Woodstock, with the one closest to West Woodstock listed first.
- Woodstock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Woodstock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Woodstock is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Taftsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Pomfret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgewater Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pomfret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Hartland Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deweys Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deweys Mills is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweys Mills
- North Pomfret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomfret
- East Barnard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barnard
- Hartland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Barnard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- West Hartford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Woodstock. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Woodstock.
Newspapers Published in West Woodstock ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Woodstock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Woodstock, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Woodstock.
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 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 Woodstock:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Bennington County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Windham 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 Woodstock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- West Woodstock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |