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 Beacon Hill (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 Beacon Hill. 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 hospitals 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.
Beacon Hill is located in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Beacon Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beacon Hill:
Suffolk County (The home county of Beacon Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Boston (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Bay Village (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Charlestown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown East Boston (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston South Boston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Chelsea (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Allston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Dorchester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Savin Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Jamaica Plain (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Brighton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
North Easton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
East Mansfield (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Furnace Village (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Mansfield (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Norton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
Raynham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Raynham is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Chartley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Attleboro Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Cliftondale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (7 miles [11.3 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
Nahant (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
West Lynn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
East Lynn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Swampscott is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Lynnfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Clifton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton West Peabody (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Peabody (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Cambridgeport (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Somerville (2 miles [3.2 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
Cambridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Everett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Wellington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Huron Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Edgeworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Malden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Malden is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
Medford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Arlington (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Arlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
Chestnut Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Watertown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Watertown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown Estimated population in 2015: 34,319 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Brookline Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Westbrook Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Milton Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Wollaston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Norfolk Downs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs East Milton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Milton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
West Quincy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Quincy Point (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point Quincy (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Hull (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma West Hingham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Hingham (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
Accord (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Montello (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Minot (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Rockland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Abington (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Fayville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Cordaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Shaker Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Milford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Hopedale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
South Milford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Bolton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Chapinville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Harvard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
South Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Hillsborough County (NH)
Pelham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Salem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Providence County (RI)
Burnt Swamp Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beacon Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Beacon Hill .
Cemeteries Near Beacon Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beacon Hill.
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 Beacon Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beacon Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Central Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Granary Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91030 <3>
Kings Chapel Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
Phipps Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Augustine Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bunker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Garden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Somerville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Somerville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Old Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Continue List (604 more) ...
Burial Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Brookline Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cambridge Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Cemetery The Cambridge Cemetery has also been known as:
City of Cambridge Cemetery
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 Beacon Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beacon Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beacon Hill, with the one closest to Beacon Hill listed first.
Boston (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Cambridge (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
East Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cambridge South Boston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston East Boston (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Charlestown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Cambridgeport (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Chelsea (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Somerville (2 miles [3.2 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
Cambridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Allston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Wellington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Continue List (23 more) ...
Jamaica Plain (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Mount Bowdoin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beacon Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beacon Hill .
Newspapers Published in Beacon Hill ...
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 216 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beacon Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beacon Hill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Beacon Hill.
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 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 Beacon Hill:
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 Beacon Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> 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 Beacon Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beacon Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.