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 Assinippi (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 Assinippi. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Assinippi is located in Plymouth County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.
Below are the counties that are near Assinippi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Assinippi:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Assinippi)
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Accord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
- Norwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- North Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- Curtis Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- South Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hanover
- Greenbush
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
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- Marshfield Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marshfield Hills is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Hills
- North Scituate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Hanson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanson is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,951 people
- North Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- North Abington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Buzzards Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- North Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- South Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Easton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- Furnace Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Raynham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- East Mansfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
- Raynham Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
- East Taunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
- Taunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Weir Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Nahant
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
- East Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Swampscott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Swampscott is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
- Cliftondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftondale is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Pleasant Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Saugus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saugus is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
- West Lynn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
- Marblehead
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marblehead is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
- West Town Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Town Landing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing
- Peabody
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
- Chestnut Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Everett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
- Edgeworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Eliot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eliot is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot
- Huron Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
- Malden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
- Newton Centre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County
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- Newton Highlands
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands
- Newton Upper Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls
- Wellington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Beechwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- East Weymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- South Weymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Cohasset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- North Cohasset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
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- Weymouth Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
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- Weymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- North Weymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
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- Braintree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- Brookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
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- Holbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Quincy Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
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- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Neponset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Ashmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Dorchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
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- Mattapan Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
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- Mattapan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
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- Hyde Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
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- Point Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
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- Savin Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Readville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Roslindale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roslindale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale
- Roxbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- South Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Stonybrook Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
- Providence County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Burnt Swamp Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner
- Arnold Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Assinippi, see our County-by-County Page for Assinippi.
Cemeteries Near Assinippi ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Assinippi.
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 Assinippi - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Assinippi covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- Bowker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Magoun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old First Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- First Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Parish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the First Parish Cemetery is located in Norwell.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Assinippi in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Assinippi.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Assinippi, with the one closest to Assinippi listed first.
- North Hanover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- North Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hanover
- Hanover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
- South Hingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hingham
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- West Hanover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hanover
- Norwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- Beechwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Hatherly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hatherly is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatherly
- South Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hanover
- Curtis Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- North Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- North Abington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hanson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanson is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,951 people
- Hingham Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hingham Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Center
- North Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Assinippi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Assinippi.
Newspapers Published in Assinippi ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Assinippi.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Assinippi, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Assinippi.
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 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 Assinippi:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Providence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Assinippi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Assinippi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |