A visit to the Island Grove Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Island Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Island Grove Cemetery:
42.1126, -70.9390
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Island Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Island Grove Cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.
The county seat for Plymouth County is located in Plymouth. Plymouth lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Island Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Island Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Island Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Island Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hunt Family Tomb Site
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hunt Family Tomb Site is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Family Tomb Site
- Cushing Family Tomb Site
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gould Family Burying Ground Site
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Torrey Family Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bicknell Family Tomb
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bicknell Family Tomb is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicknell Family Tomb
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Colebrook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Abington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2282123 <5>
- Cobb Family Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Plain Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Plain Cemetery
- Richards Family Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- High Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Beal Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wendell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Hanover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hanover Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of South Weymouth.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WEY.809 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90948 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Island Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Island Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Abington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
- North Abington
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- Whitman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whitman is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
- Hanson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanson is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,951 people
- Brookville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Montello
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Montello is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Brockton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brockton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
- South Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hanover
- Holbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- South Weymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- East Bridgewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Curtis Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
- Accord
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- Bryantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bryantville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantville
- Oldham Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham Village
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- West Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
- Elmwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Weymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,553 people
- North Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- East Weymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- North Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stoughton
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Island Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Island Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abington
- Brockton
- East Bridgewater
- Holbrook
- Pembroke
- Randolph
- Rockland
- Weymouth
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Island Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Plymouth County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Island Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2575866 (Island Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2575866 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Plymouth
- Est. Elev: 32 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Whitman
- Location given for Island Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.112577 Lon: -70.939018
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Plymouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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- Island Grove Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <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> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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