A visit to the Old Church Burying Ground ...
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 Old Church Burying Ground ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Church Burying Ground:
42.1023, -70.9483
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Church Burying Ground can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Church Burying Ground 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 Old Church Burying Ground .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Church Burying Ground.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Old Church Burying Ground.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Church Burying Ground, with the nearest first.
- Hunt Family Tomb Site
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 north)
- Gould Family Burying Ground Site
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- High Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Vernon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Abington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91269 <5>
- Adams Street Burying Ground Site
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- 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)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leach Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wendell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brockton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91795 <5>
- 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
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Beal Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant 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 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Old Church Burying Ground.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Church Burying Ground, with the nearest first:
- Abington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
- Whitman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Whitman is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
- North Abington
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- Brockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brockton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 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 northwest)
- 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
- East Bridgewater
(4 miles [6.4 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
- 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
- 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 Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hanover
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- 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 northwest)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- West Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- 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 east)
- Oldham Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham Village
- Curtis Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- 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
- South Easton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Cochesett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cochesett is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
- Paper Mill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Monponsett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monponsett is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monponsett
- 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
- 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 northwest)
- 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 Old Church Burying Ground. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Church Burying Ground.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abington
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- East Bridgewater
- Holbrook
- Pembroke
- Randolph
- Rockland
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 Old Church Burying Ground:
- 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 Old Church Burying Ground:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2575868 (Old Church Burying Ground)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2575868 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: 36 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Whitman
- Location given for Old Church Burying Ground:
- Lat: 42.102295 Lon: -70.948261
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Church Burying Ground) 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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