A visit to the Polish Cemetery ...
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 Polish Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Polish Cemetery:
42.6206, -71.5203
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Polish Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Polish Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.
The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the southeast of the Polish Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Polish Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Polish Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Polish Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Groton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wright Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Westford.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WSR.804 <5>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Russian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Russian Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Cemetery
- St. Catherine of Alexanderia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Catherine of Alexanderia Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Catherine of Alexanderia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Catherine of Alexanderia Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Westford.
- The St. Catherine of Alexanderia Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Catherine Cemetery
- St. Catherine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207403 <6>
- Hillsde Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hillsde Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsde Cemetery
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Central Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
- The Central Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dunstable Central Burial Ground
- Dunstable Central Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #CAR.800 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90856 <6>
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hermon Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- Blood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blood Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blood Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pepperell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pepperell Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pepperell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Pepperell.
- The Pepperell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Street Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #PEP.801 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980734 <6>
- Walton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walton Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Pepperell.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #PEP.800 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141120 <6>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Marys Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ayer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91633 <6>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Westlawn Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Flint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Flint Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #TYN.805 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Polish Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Polish Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Forge Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forge Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Village
- Paper Mill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Westford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westford is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,276 people
- Dunstable
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- East Pepperell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Babbatasset Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- West Groton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Ayer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,253 people
- Centre Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centre Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Village
- Littleton Common
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Littleton Common is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton Common
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Littleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Littleton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Littleton
- Pepperell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Hollis Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Tyngsbororough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- Devens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- New Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- North Chelmsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Townsend Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Shirley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Harvard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Village of Nagog Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle Station is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Station
- Chelmsford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
- Princeton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Middlesex Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
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 Polish Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Polish Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ayer
- Chelmsford
- Groton
- Harvard
- Pepperell
- Westford
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Polish Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Middlesex 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 Polish Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #599342 (Polish Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #599342 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: Middlesex
- Est. Elev: 74 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ayer
- Location given for Polish Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.620646 Lon: -71.5203438
- 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 Middlesex, 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 from Point A (ie- Polish Cemetery) 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 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. |