Do you know of Middlesex ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Middlesex. 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 Middlesex.

We found mention of Middlesex 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 Middlesex ...

We found nine communities that share the name Middlesex.

Within Massachusetts, the name Middlesex is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Middlesex [Baltimore County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Middlesex.
- New Jersey
  - Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Middlesex [Middlesex County].
- New York
  - Yates County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Middlesex [Yates County].
- North Carolina
  - Nash County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Middlesex [Nash County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Middlesex [Ashtabula County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Middlesex [Cumberland County].
- Vermont
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Middlesex [Washington County].
- Virginia
  - Accomack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Middlesex [Accomack County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Middlesex ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Middlesex.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/41025 (Place Name: Middlesex (Middlesex Village))

County: Middlesex (FIPS State/County: 25/017)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Middlesex) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

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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 Center	Munroe
Assabet	Mystic Junction
Atherton
Ayer Center	Nashoba
Ayer Junction	North Acton Junction
	North Cambridge Junction
Beaver Brook	North Framingham
Bell Rock	North Littleton
Bennett Hall	North Somerville
Billerica Center	North Sommerville
Broadway	North Waltham
Brookside	North Woburn Junction
Burtt's
	Oakland
Cabot	Ordway
Cedar Hill Camp
Center	Park Street
Chemistry	Peperell Station
Cherry Brook	Pepperell Center
Chery Brook	Pierces Bridge
City Farm	Point of Pines
Clematis Brook	Prospect Hill
Cold Spring
College Hill	Roberts
Concord Junction	Rock Bottom

Dunstable Station	Salem Junction
	Sandy Pond
East Chelmsford	Saugus River Junction
East Everett	Shirley Compact
East Sudbury	Shirley Station
East Woburn	Shirley Village
Everett Junction	Somerville Highlands
	Somerville Junction
Fellsway	South Framingham
Fitchburg Crossing	South Reading
Framingham Centre	South Waltham
Framingham Junction	Stevens
Fresh Pond	Stony Brook
	Sudbury Center
Golden Cove
Groton Center	Tewksbury Center
Groton Junction	Townsend Center
	Turnpike
Harvard Square
Harwood	Union Market
Hill's Crossing	Union Square
Hopkinton Center
Hudson Center	Wakefield Center
	Waltham North
Inman Square	Wayland Center
	Wayside Inn
Kearney Square	West Billerica
Kendall Square	West Cambridge
	West Marlborough
Lake Street	West Watertown
Lockerville	West Woburn
	Westvale
Malden Station	Whitman's Crossing
Medford Junction	Whittenton
Middlesex Junction	Wigginsville
Mirror Lake	Wilmington Station
Mount Suburn	Winmere

Footnotes ...

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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 Middlesex 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.