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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. 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 Norton Common Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Norton Common Cemetery

Lat:   41.9566°   (41° 57' 23")

Lon:   -71.2095°   (-71° 12' 34")

The Norton Common Cemetery is located in Bristol County<2>.

The county seat for Bristol County is located in Taunton. Taunton lies just to the east southeast of the Norton Common Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Norton Common Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Norton Common Cemetery.

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

  • Chartley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chartley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley
    • Chartley is located in Bristol County
  • Norton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Attleboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Briggs Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Mansfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mansfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Attleboro Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleboro Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls
    • Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County
  • Furnace Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
    • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
  • North Attleboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Attleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro
    • North Attleboro is located in Bristol County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
  • Attleborough City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleborough City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City
    • Attleborough City is located in Bristol County
  • North Seekonk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Seekonk have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk
    • North Seekonk is located in Bristol County
  • Foxborough
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • North Dighton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Dighton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dighton
      • North Dighton is located in Bristol County
    • Taunton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Raynham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Easton Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Easton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Easton is located in Bristol County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
    • Plainville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
      • Plainville is located in Norfolk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
    • Rehoboth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rehoboth have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
      • Rehoboth is located in Bristol County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
    • North Foxboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Weir Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Raynham Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
      • Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
    • Valley Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Darlington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Dighton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Segreganset
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochesett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • South Easton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
      • South Easton is located in Bristol County
    • North Easton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
      • North Easton is located in Bristol County
    • Wrentham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arnold Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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.

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 helpful 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 Norton Common Cemetery:

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 GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #598835  (Norton Common Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #598835 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Norton
    • County: Bristol         Elev: 33
    • Location given for GNIS #598835 (Norton Common Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #91337

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 Bristol, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Norton Common Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9566, Longitude: -71.2095    
<4>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.
<5>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.

<6>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.
<7>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.




 

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