A visit to the Norton Common Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Norton Common Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Norton Common Cemetery (FG ID #91337)
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 Norton Common Cemetery ...
The Norton Common Cemetery is located in Bristol County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Babbit Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Field Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Josiah Newcomb Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Newcomb Cemetery
- The Newcomb Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb Cemetery
- North Purchase Cemetery
- Norton Center Cemetery
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
- The Oak Knoll Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
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- Old Kirk Yard Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Bristol County
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- St. Francis Cemetery
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bristol County
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- St. Thomas Episcopal Burying Ground
- Spring Brook Cemetery
- Stevens Corner Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Norton Common Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Arnold Mills
- Attleboro Falls
- Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County
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- Attleboro
- Attleborough City
- Attleborough City is located in Bristol County
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- Briggs Corner
- Chartley
- Chartley is located in Bristol County
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- Cochesett
- Darlington
- Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Bristol County
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- East Mansfield
- Easton Center
- Easton
- Easton is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Foxborough
- Furnace Village
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
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- Mansfield
- North Attleboro
- North Attleboro is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
- North Dighton
- North Dighton is located in Bristol County
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- North Easton
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
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- North Foxboro
- North Seekonk
- North Seekonk is located in Bristol County
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- Norton
- Plainville
- Plainville is located in Norfolk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
- Raynham Center
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
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- Raynham
- Rehoboth
- Rehoboth is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
- Segreganset
- South Easton
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
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- Taunton
- Valley Falls
- Weir Village
- West Dighton
- Wrentham
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 Norton Common Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bristol County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Norton Common Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Attleboro
- Foxborough
- Mansfield
- North Attleboro
- Taunton
- Wrentham
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Norton Common Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Bristol 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 Norton Common Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #91337
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #598835 (Norton Common Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #598835 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: Bristol
- Est. Elev: 33 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Norton
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 Bristol, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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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| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Norton Common Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |