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 Camp Edwards (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 Camp Edwards. 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.
Name Variations for Camp Edwards ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Edwards: Cp. Edwards
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Camp Edwards is located in Barnstable County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Camp Edwards. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Edwards:
- Barnstable County (The home county of Camp Edwards)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- Mashpee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Forestdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Cataumet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - North Falmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Pocasset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Silver Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Monument Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- East Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Falmouth
- East Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Mashpee Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mashpee Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee Neck
- Mashpee Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Seabrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - West Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
- West Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Bourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- Acushnet Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Fairhaven
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Long Plain
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Bliss Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corner
- Bliss Corner is located in Bristol County
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- South Dartmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Dartmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dartmouth
- South Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Apponagansett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponagansett
- Apponagansett is located in Bristol County
- Clifford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Nonquitt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonquitt
- Nonquitt is located in Bristol County
- Braleys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- Dartmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dukes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- West Chop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Oak Bluffs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Tisbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisbury
- Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,128 people
- Vineyard Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
- Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
- Christian Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Town
- Christian Town is located in Dukes County
- Edgartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgartown
- Edgartown is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
- North Tisbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tisbury
- North Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Gosnold
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Katama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - West Tisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tisbury
- West Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
- Menemsha
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Chilmark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- Onset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
- Onset is located in Plymouth County
- East Wareham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wareham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- White Island Shores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Island Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
- White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
- Briarwood Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Briarwood Beach is located in Plymouth County
- Wareham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Weweantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
- Wareham Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wareham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham Center
- Wareham Center is located in Plymouth County
- West Wareham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wareham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
- West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Mattapoisett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mattapoisett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett
- Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 people
- Cranberry Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
- Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
- Pine Tree Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
- Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Edwards, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Edwards.
Cemeteries Near Camp Edwards ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Edwards.
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 Camp Edwards covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- Attaquin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Attaquin Cemetery
- The Attaquin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Attaquin Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAS.801 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129622 <5>
- Massachusetts National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massachusetts National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Massachusetts National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<6> to the northwest of Pocasset.
- The Massachusetts National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bourne National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109426 <5>
- East End Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East End Burying Ground
- The East End Burying Ground has also been known as:
- East End Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #FAL.806 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281806 <5>
- Goodspeed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodspeed Cemetery
- The Goodspeed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wakeby Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SDW.815 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91026 <5>
- Forestdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forestdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forestdale Cemetery is located in Forestdale.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SDW.800 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992531 <5>
- Cataumet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cataumet Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOU.805 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90845 <5>
- Great Neck Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Great Neck Woods Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2248339 <5>
- Coombs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coombs Cemetery
- The Coombs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avant - Coombs Burial Ground
- Coombs Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAS.802 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2498867 <5>
- Boardley Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boardley Road Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boardley Road Cemetery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91426 <5>
- Percival Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Percival Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SDW.821 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135022 <5>
- Tobey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tobey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tobey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91779 <5>
- Crowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crowell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crowell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #FAL.803 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90903 <5>
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthonys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Falmouth.
- The St. Anthonys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Anthonys Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174183 <5>
- Bay View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay View Cemetery
- The Bay View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Waquoit Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #FAL.807 <4>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91817 <5>
- Monument Beach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monument Beach Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91233 <5>
- St. Anthonys 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.<7>
While we didn't find Camp Edwards in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Edwards.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Edwards, with the one closest to Camp Edwards listed first.
- Hatchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatchville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
- North Falmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Mashpee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Forestdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Cataumet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Pocasset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- West Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
- West Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- East Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Falmouth
- East Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Monument Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Teaticket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Bourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Marstons Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marstons Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstons Mills
- Marstons Mills is located in Barnstable County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Sandwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Buzzards Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Sandwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Sandwich
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Edwards. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Edwards.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Camp Edwards ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Edwards.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Camp Edwards. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Camp Edwards and those printed in the larger area surrounding Camp Edwards.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6> of Camp Edwards.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Camp Edwards:
- 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 Barnstable County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dukes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Plymouth County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bristol County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Barnstable County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Barnstable County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Camp Edwards. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Barnstable County: www.barnstablecounty.org/
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Camp Edwards) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Camp Edwards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6571, Longitude: -70.5439 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Edwards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | 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 Camp Edwards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |