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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Moose Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Moose Hill Cemetery (FG ID #2416869)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Moose Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moose Hill Cemetery

Lat:   42.1411°   (42° 8' 27")

Lon:   -71.2098°   (-71° 12' 35")

The cemetery is located in Norfolk County<2>.

As an estimate, the Moose Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Walpole.

The county seat for Norfolk County is located in Dedham. Dedham lies just to the north northeast of the Moose Hill Cemetery .

Establishment of the Moose Hill Cemetery ...

The Moose Hill Cemetery was established in 1775.

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 Moose Hill Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Norfolk County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Moose Hill Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Moose Hill Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • East Walpole
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Walpole
      • East Walpole is located in Norfolk County
    • Sharon
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,864 people
    • Walpole
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
      • Walpole is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,582 people
    • South Walpole
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Walpole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole
      • South Walpole is located in Norfolk County
    • Canton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,029 people
    • Norwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Norwood is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,737 people
    • Pondville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pondville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
      • Pondville is located in Norfolk County
    • North Foxboro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Foxboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro
      • North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County
    • Foxborough
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough
      • Foxborough is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
    • Stoughton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
      • Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people
    • Ponkapoag
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponkapoag have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponkapoag
      • Ponkapoag is located in Norfolk County
    • Medfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield
      • Medfield is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
    • Continue List   (17 more) ...
      • Westwood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
        • Westwood is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,384 people
      • Norfolk
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
        • Norfolk is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
      • North Stoughton
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Stoughton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stoughton
        • North Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
      • Wrentham
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham
        • Wrentham is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
      • Mansfield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
        • Mansfield is located in Bristol County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
      • North Easton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
        • North Easton is located in Bristol County
      • Readville Manor
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Manor
        • Readville Manor is located in Norfolk County
      • Readville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Readville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
        • Readville is located in Suffolk County
      • Dedham
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dedham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
        • Dedham is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
      • Millis
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis
        • Millis is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
      • Acorn Terrace
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace
        • Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County
      • Charles River Village
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles River Village
        • Charles River Village is located in Norfolk County
      • East Mansfield
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
        • East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
      • Avon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Avon is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
      • Randolph
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
        • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
        • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
      • Dover
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
        • Dover is located in Norfolk County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
      • Stonybrook Village
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonybrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
        • Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County

    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 Moose Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Norfolk County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Moose Hill Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Moose Hill Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Maple Grove Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Guild Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Guild Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guild Cemetery
    • Chestnut Tree Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chestnut Tree Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Tree Cemetery
    • Sharon Memorial Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • The Sharon Memorial Park is located in Norfolk County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sharon Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91698 <1>
    • Old Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
    • Francis Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Francis Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Francis Cemetery
    • St. Francis Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Walpole.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91000 <1>
    • Knollwood Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • The Knollwood Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Knollwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503478 <1>
    • Knollwood Memorial Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • The Knollwood Memorial Park is located in Norfolk County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Knollwood Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91148 <1>
    • Highland Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Walpole Plains Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walpole Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walpole Plains Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walpole Plains Cemetery
    • Wapole Plains Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wapole Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wapole Plains Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wapole Plains Cemetery
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Rock Ridge Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Parish Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • The Old Parish Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • The Old Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
        • South Parish Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Parish Cemetery
        • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #NRD.800 <6>
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Bicknell Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bicknell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bicknell Cemetery is located in Worcester County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bicknell Cemetery
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Canton Corner Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Grove Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Rock Hill Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
      • Morse Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Morse Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morse Cemetery
      • Evergreen Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pearl Street Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Moose Hill Cemetery:

    The official website for Norfolk County: www.norfolkcounty.org/

    The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Norfolk, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Moose Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1411, Longitude: -71.2098    
    <4>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.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <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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