A visit to the Orange 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. 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 Orange Street Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Orange Street Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Orange Street Cemetery
Lat: 41.9884° (41° 59' 18")
Lon: -70.9411° (-70° 56' 27")
The Orange Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.
The county seat for Plymouth County is located in Plymouth. Plymouth lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of the Orange Street Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Orange Street Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Orange Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #EBR.804 <5>
- Summer Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summer Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summer Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Summer Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Conant Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conant Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conant Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Conant Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Conant Street Smallpox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conant Street Smallpox Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conant Street Smallpox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Conant Street Smallpox Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BRD.800 <5>
- Harlow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harlow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Harlow Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- First RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First RC Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The First RC Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Trinity Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Trinity Church Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Second RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Second RC Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Second RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Second RC Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Mt. Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- MCI Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the MCI Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the MCI Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The MCI Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
- The Central Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Bridgewater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2293632 <6>
- Union Congregational Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Congregational Church Cemetery
- The Union Congregational Church Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- The Union Congregational Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #EBR.803 <5>
- Scotland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scotland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scotland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Scotland Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- South Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The South Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Great Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Great Woods Cemetery
- The Great Woods Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Great Woods Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Bridgewater and Middleborough. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Bridgewater.
- The Great Woods Cemetery has also been known as:
- Titicut Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252851 <6>
- Beaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Beaver Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #EBR.805 <5>
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Pine Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pine Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Vernon Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Titicut Parish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Titicut Parish Cemetery
- The Titicut Parish Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Titicut Parish Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Middleborough.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252721 <6>
- Perchade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perchade Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perchade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Perchade Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Purchade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Orange Street Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Orange Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Paper Mill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
- Elmwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
- Bridgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
- East Bridgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater
- East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
- Halifax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halifax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Halifax is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,865 people
- West Bridgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bridgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
- Namasket Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Namasket Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village
- Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County
- Monponsett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monponsett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monponsett
- Monponsett is located in Plymouth County
- Cochesett
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cochesett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett
- Cochesett is located in Plymouth County
- Plympton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plympton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
- Plympton is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
- Bryantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryantville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantville
- Bryantville is located in Plymouth County
- Hanson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Hanson is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,951 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whitman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Whitman is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
- Raynham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- Raynham Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Middleborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough
- Middleborough is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
- Oldham Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldham Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham Village
- Oldham Village is located in Plymouth County
- Brockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton
- Brockton is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
- East Taunton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Abington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
- North Carver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Pembroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
- Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,553 people
- South Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Hanover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hanover
- South Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- South Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Easton Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
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 Orange Street Cemetery. The following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Orange Street Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abington
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- East Bridgewater
- Middleborough
- Pembroke
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 Orange Street Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Plymouth 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 Orange Street Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Orange Street Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2575879 (Orange Street Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #2575879 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: Bridgewater
- County: Plymouth Elev: 23
- Location given for GNIS #2575879 (Orange Street Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Orange Street Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9884, Longitude: -70.9411 In this case, the coordinates for the Orange Street Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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.
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<6> | 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. |
<7> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Bridgewater and Middleborough. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<8> | 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. |