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 Westford (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 Westford. 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 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.
Westford is located in Chittenden 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 Chittenden County : Clinton (NY) , Essex (NY) , Addison , Franklin , Grand Isle , Lamoille & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Westford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westford:
Chittenden County (The home county of Westford)
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Westford (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Westford is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Milton (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pages Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Pages Corner is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner Essex Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Essex Center is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center Jericho (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Essex (7 miles [11.3 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
Checkerberry Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Checkerberry Village is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerberry Village Milton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Milton is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,907 people
Jericho (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Jericho is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Population from the 2020 Census: 5,006 people
Underhill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Underhill is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill Population from the 2020 Census: 3,076 people
Colchester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jericho Center (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Essex Junction (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Essex Junction is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Junction Population from the 2020 Census: 10,793 people
Addison County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Starksboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Starksboro is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starksboro Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
Starksboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Ferrisburgh (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Monkton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Monkton is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
North Ferrisburgh Station (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jerusalem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Jerusalem is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem South Starksboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
South Starksboro is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Starksboro Ferrisburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Ferrisburg is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburg Ferrisburgh (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Ferrisburgh is located in Addison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrisburgh Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Fairfax (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Fairfax is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Population from the 2020 Census: 4,917 people
Binghamville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Binghamville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville East Georgia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
East Georgia is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia Fletcher (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Fletcher is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
West Georgia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
West Georgia is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Georgia North Fairfax (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
North Fairfax is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfax Georgia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Georgia is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Population from the 2020 Census: 4,806 people
Oakland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Oakland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Georgia Plains (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Georgia Plains is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Plains Fairfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Saint Albans (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Fairfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Fairfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,973 people
Bakersfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Grand Isle County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
South Hero (15 miles [24.1 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
Grand Isle (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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 (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Keeler Bay is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeler Bay Pearl (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Pearl is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Adams Landing (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Landing North Hero (20 miles [32.2 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
North Hero (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Isle La Motte (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Isle La Motte is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle La Motte Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
Isle la Motte (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Alburg Center (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Alburg Center is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg Center Alburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Alburg is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg Estimated population in 2011: 1,986 people
Alburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Alburg is located in Grand Isle County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg Estimated population in 2012: 499 people
Alburgh (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Lamoille County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Cambridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jeffersonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Cambridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Cambridge is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 3,817 people
Belvidere Junction (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Belvidere Junction is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Junction Waterville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Waterville is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
Johnson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Johnson is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
Johnson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Stowe (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Stowe is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowe Population from the 2020 Census: 4,447 people
Belvidere (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Belvidere is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Morristown (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Morristown is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,549 people
Belvidere (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Belvidere is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Lower Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lower Village is located in Lamoille County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village Moscow (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Orleans County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Craftsbury (29 miles [46.7 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
Lowell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lowell is located in Orleans County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Waterbury (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Waterbury is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury Population from the 2020 Census: 5,160 people
Mill Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Mill Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village Waterbury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Duxbury (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Duxbury is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
Worcester (25 miles [40.2 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
Fayston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Fayston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Fayston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayston Middlesex (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
Middlesex (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Moretown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Moretown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
Worcester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Maple Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Maple Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner Waitsfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Clinton County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Cumberland Head (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Cumberland Head is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Head Point Au Roche (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Point Au Roche is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Au Roche Parc (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Parc is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parc Ausable Chasm (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Ausable Chasm is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ausable Chasm Plattsburgh (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Village of Keeseville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Village of Keeseville is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Keeseville Estimated population in 2015: 1,750 people
Laphams Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Laphams Mills is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laphams Mills Ingraham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Ingraham is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingraham Peru (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Beekmantown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Beekmantown is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekmantown Chazy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Harkness (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Harkness is located in Clinton County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness Morrisonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Essex County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Port Kent (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Port Douglass (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Port Douglass is located in Essex County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Douglass Willsboro Point (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Willsboro Point is located in Essex County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willsboro Point Keeseville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Willsboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Craterclub (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Craterclub is located in Essex County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub Reber (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Reber is located in Essex County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reber Whallonsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Whallonsburg is located in Essex County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whallonsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westford, see our County-by-County Page for Westford .
Cemeteries Near Westford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westford.
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 Westford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Brookside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Osgood Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Pleasant View Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Westford Plains Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
North Underhill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Spafford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Fairfax Plains Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Underhill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Giddings Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mudgett Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Sanderson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
River Road Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (387 more) ...
Old Milton Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Old Plains Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
St. Anns Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Westford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westford, with the one closest to Westford listed first.
Westford (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Westford is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford North Underhill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
North Underhill is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Underhill Fairfax (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Milton (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Underhill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Cambridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Binghamville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Binghamville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamville East Georgia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
East Georgia is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Georgia Essex Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Essex Center is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Center Jericho (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Colchester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Underhill Center (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Underhill Center is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underhill Center Continue List (15 more) ...
Jeffersonville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
West Milton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
West Milton is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton Essex Junction (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Essex Junction is located in Chittenden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Junction Population from the 2020 Census: 10,793 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westford .
Newspapers Published in Westford ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westford, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Westford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Westford:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Chittenden County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Addison County Franklin County Grand Isle County Lamoille County Orleans County Washington County Clinton County Essex County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westford. 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. 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 Westford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.