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Do you know of Atherton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Atherton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Atherton.

We found mention of Atherton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Atherton ...

We found eight communities that share the name Atherton.

Within Massachusetts, the name Atherton is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Atherton [San Mateo County].
    • Indiana
      • Vigo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Atherton [Vigo County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Carroll Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Atherton [East Carroll Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Huron County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Atherton [Huron County].
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Atherton [Jackson County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Atherton [Saint Louis County].
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Atherton [Licking County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Atherton.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Atherton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Atherton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Atherton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Middlesex County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Acton CenterMunroe
AssabetMystic Junction
Ayer Center 
Ayer JunctionNashoba
 North Acton Junction
Beaver BrookNorth Cambridge Junction
Bell RockNorth Framingham
Bennett HallNorth Littleton
Billerica CenterNorth Somerville
BroadwayNorth Sommerville
BrooksideNorth Waltham
Burtt'sNorth Woburn Junction
  
CabotOakland
Cedar Hill CampOrdway
Center 
ChemistryPark Street
Cherry BrookPeperell Station
Chery BrookPepperell Center
City FarmPierces Bridge
Clematis BrookPoint of Pines
Cold SpringProspect Hill
College Hill 
Concord JunctionRoberts
 Rock Bottom
Dunstable Station 
 Salem Junction
East ChelmsfordSandy Pond
East EverettSaugus River Junction
East SudburyShirley Compact
East WoburnShirley Station
Everett JunctionShirley Village
 Somerville Highlands
FellswaySomerville Junction
Fitchburg CrossingSouth Framingham
Framingham CentreSouth Reading
Framingham JunctionSouth Waltham
Fresh PondStevens
 Stony Brook
Golden CoveSudbury Center
Groton Center 
Groton JunctionTewksbury Center
 Townsend Center
Harvard SquareTurnpike
Harwood 
Hill's CrossingUnion Market
Hopkinton CenterUnion Square
Hudson Center 
 Wakefield Center
Inman SquareWaltham North
 Wayland Center
Kearney SquareWayside Inn
Kendall SquareWest Billerica
 West Cambridge
Lake StreetWest Marlborough
LockervilleWest Watertown
 West Woburn
Malden StationWestvale
Medford JunctionWhitman's Crossing
Middlesex JunctionWhittenton
MiddlesexWigginsville
Mirror LakeWilmington Station
Mount SuburnWinmere

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Atherton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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