A visit to the Main Street 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 Main Street Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Main Street Cemetery:
42.3931, -71.5523
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Main Street Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Main Street Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.
The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the east of the Main Street Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Main Street Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Main Street Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Main Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Forestvale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forestuale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Forestuale Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestuale Cemetery
- Robin Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocklawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rocklawn Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklawn Cemetery
- Bolton Pan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bolton Pan Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Pan Cemetery
- Bolton Pan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bolton Pan Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Pan Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Brigham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Marlborough.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- French Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91635 <5>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Common Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Wilson Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Street Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Street Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Weeks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Weeks Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MRB.802 <6>
- Brookside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Pleasant Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Berlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The South Berlin Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Berlin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Berlin.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BRL.802 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91470 <5>
- Pleasant Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mary Goodnow Gravesite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mary Goodnow Gravesite is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Goodnow Gravesite
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mary Goodnow Gravesite is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Northborough.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2374697 <5>
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Main Street Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Main Street Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hudson
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Marlborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
- Stow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stow is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
- Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
- South Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Marlborough Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction
- Lower Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Chapinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville
- Maynard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maynard is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
- Seventh Day Adventist Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Northborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northborough is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
- Southborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Southborough is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
- Musketamquid Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Musketamquid Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musketamquid Village
- Boxborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boxborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- Harvard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Fayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fayville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Sudbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sudbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
- North Sudbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Sudbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sudbury
- Still River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- South Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Boylston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boylston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,728 people
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 Main Street Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Main Street Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Harvard
- Hudson
- Lancaster
- Marlborough
- Northborough
- Sudbury
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Main Street Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Middlesex 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 Main Street Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #606602 (Main Street Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #606602 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: Middlesex
- Est. Elev: 62 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hudson
- Location given for Main Street Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.3931489 Lon: -71.5522876
- 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 Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Main Street 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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