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 Back Bay (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 Back Bay. 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.
Back Bay is located in Suffolk County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Back Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Back Bay:
Suffolk County (The home county of Back Bay)
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Bay Village (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Boston (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Boston is located in Suffolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Charlestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Charlestown is located in Suffolk County East Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston East Boston is located in Suffolk County Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savin Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County South Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamaica Plain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Allston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Allston is located in Suffolk County Chelsea (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Dorchester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Brighton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Brighton is located in Suffolk County Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
North Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton North Easton is located in Bristol County South Easton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton South Easton is located in Bristol County Easton Center (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton Center is located in Bristol County Easton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Easton is located in Bristol County Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Furnace Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Mansfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Mansfield is located in Bristol County Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
East Mansfield (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Norton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Norton is located in Bristol County Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
Raynham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Raynham is located in Bristol County Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Chartley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chartley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Chartley is located in Bristol County Attleboro Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleboro Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County North Attleboro (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Attleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Pleasant Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Saugus (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Saugus is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn West Lynn is located in Essex County Lynn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lynn is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
Nahant (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Nahant is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
East Lynn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Lynn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn East Lynn is located in Essex County Swampscott (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Swampscott is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Lynnfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Lynnfield is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
West Peabody (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody West Peabody is located in Essex County Clifton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Clifton is located in Essex County Peabody (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Peabody is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Marblehead (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblehead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Marblehead is located in Essex County Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Cambridgeport (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Somerville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Somerville is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Cambridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Huron Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huron Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Edgeworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgeworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Everett (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Everett is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Medford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Medford is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Wellington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Wellington is located in Middlesex County Chestnut Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Watertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown Watertown is located in Middlesex County Estimated population in 2015: 34,319 people
Arlington (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Arlington is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
Belmont (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Belmont is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 25,873 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Brookline Village (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookline Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Brookline (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Brookline is located in Norfolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Westbrook Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Milton Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Milton Village is located in Norfolk County East Milton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Milton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton East Milton is located in Norfolk County Montclair (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Montclair is located in Norfolk County Norfolk Downs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Wollaston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Milton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Milton is located in Norfolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
West Quincy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Ashcroft (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashcroft have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Dedham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Dedham is located in Norfolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Hull (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Hull is located in Plymouth County Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Bayside is located in Plymouth County Kenberma (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenberma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Hingham (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Hingham is located in Plymouth County Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Accord (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Accord is located in Plymouth County North Abington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington North Abington is located in Plymouth County Montello (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Montello is located in Plymouth County North Scituate (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Scituate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Rockland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Rockland is located in Plymouth County Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Brockton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Brockton is located in Plymouth County Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Abington (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Abington is located in Plymouth County Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Fayville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Fayville is located in Worcester County Cordaville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Cordaville is located in Worcester County Southborough (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southborough. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Southborough is located in Worcester County Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Southville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Southville is located in Worcester County Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Milford is located in Worcester County Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Shaker Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Hopedale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Hopedale is located in Worcester County Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
South Milford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford South Milford is located in Worcester County Bolton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Bolton is located in Worcester County Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Chapinville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapinville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Chapinville is located in Worcester County Harvard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Harvard is located in Worcester County Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
South Berlin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Berlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin South Berlin is located in Worcester County Hillsborough County (NH)
Pelham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <3>
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Salem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <3>
Wilson Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Arnold Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Back Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Back Bay .
Cemeteries Near Back Bay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Back Bay.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Back Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Central Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Granary Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granary Burying Ground To give a relative sense of its location, the Granary Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located in Boston . The Granary Burying Ground has also been known as:
The Old Granary Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.802 <4>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91030 <5>
Kings Chapel Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kings Chapel Burying Ground Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kings Chapel Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copp's Hill Burying Ground The Copp's Hill Burying Ground has also been known as:
Copp's Hill Burial Ground Copp's Hill Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.808 <4>
Brookline Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookline Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Somerville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerville Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Somerville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerville Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> St. Augustine Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bunker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Phipps Street Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phipps Street Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phipps Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Old Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Burying Ground Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Continue List (612 more) ...
Burial Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burial Hill Cemetery Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burial Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Garden Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.<6>
While we didn't find Back Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Back Bay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Back Bay, with the one closest to Back Bay listed first.
Boston (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Boston is located in Suffolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Cambridge (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cambridge East Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Cambridgeport (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Brookline (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Brookline is located in Norfolk County Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Somerville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Somerville is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note : We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamaica Plain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Roxbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Savin Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savin Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County South Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston South Boston is located in Suffolk County East Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston East Boston is located in Suffolk County Charlestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Cambridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Continue List (22 more) ...
Allston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Allston is located in Suffolk County Winter Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill Winter Hill is located in Middlesex County Mount Bowdoin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note : The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Bowdoin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Back Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Back Bay .
Newspapers Published in Back Bay ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Back Bay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Back Bay, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<7> Extended Newspaper List for Back Bay.
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 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 Back Bay:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Back Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) . While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 . 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 Back Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Back Bay) to Point B.