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 Beach Park (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 Beach Park. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Beach Park is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.
Below are the counties that are near Beach Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beach Park:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Beach Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- White Horse Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Beach
- White Horse Beach is located in Plymouth County
- North Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Manomet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- South Duxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Duxbury
- South Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Duxbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Island Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- South Meadow Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
- South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
- Carver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Water View Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water View Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water View Village
- Water View Village is located in Plymouth County
- Green Harbor - Cedar Crest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Harbor - Cedar Crest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor - Cedar Crest
- Green Harbor - Cedar Crest is located in Plymouth County
- Cranberry Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
- Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sagamore Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Sagamore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Bourne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Buzzards Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Sandwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Monument Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- East Sandwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Plowed Neck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Pocasset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Cataumet
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Forestdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- North Falmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Silver Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Long Plain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- East Freetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- East Taunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Braleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- Clifford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Raynham Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Freetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- Raynham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- Berkley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - South Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Taunton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Beechwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Cohasset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - South Weymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- East Weymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Weymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Holbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Weymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- North Weymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Weymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Braintree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- North Stoughton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Stoughton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stoughton
- North Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Stoughton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beach Park, see our County-by-County Page for Beach Park.
Newspapers Published in Beach Park ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beach Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beach Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beach Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Beach Park:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Massachusetts Archives Division
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bristol County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Norfolk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barnstable County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
Cemeteries Near Beach Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beach Park.
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 Beach Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Chiltonville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chiltonville Cemetery
- Russell Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Mills Cemetery
- South Pond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Pond Cemetery
- Manomet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manomet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #276638 <4>
- White Horse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Horse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Horse Cemetery
- Sarcophagus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarcophagus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarcophagus Cemetery
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burial Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burial Hill Cemetery
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vine Hill Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Parting Ways Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parting Ways Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Plymouth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parting Ways Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91418 <4>
- Wenham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wenham Cemetery
- Plymouth County Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth County Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth County Memorial Cemetery
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- Grave of Myles Standish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grave of Myles Standish have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grave of Myles Standish
- Myles Standish Burying Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myles Standish Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myles Standish Burying Ground
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Grave of Myles Standish
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.<5>
While we didn't find Beach Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beach Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beach Park, with the one closest to Beach Park listed first.
- Chiltonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiltonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- Manomet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - North Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- East Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
- East Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Duxbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Island Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Carver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Millbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - South Carver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Plymouth County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Carver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Green Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor
- Green Harbor is located in Plymouth County
- North Duxbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Duxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Duxbury
- North Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- North Carver
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beach Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beach Park.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beach Park. 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beach Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beach Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9404, Longitude: -70.6200 In this case, the coordinates for Beach Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Beach Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |