A visit to the Richmond 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 Richmond Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Richmond Cemetery:
41.9007, -70.9923
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Richmond Cemetery is located in Bristol County<2>.
The county seat for Bristol County is located in Taunton. Taunton lies just to the west of the Richmond Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Richmond Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Richmond Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Richmond Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Padelford Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Caswell Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Caswell Burying Ground is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswell Burying Ground
- The Caswell Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Caswell Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #TAU.814 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2347699 <6>
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- The St. James Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #TAU.840 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176736 <6>
- Caswell Street Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Caswell Street Burying Ground is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswell Street Burying Ground
- The Caswell Street Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Caswell Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #TAU.813 <5>
- Thompson Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haskins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Haskins Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskins Cemetery
- Titicut Parish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Titicut Parish Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titicut Parish Cemetery
- 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 northwest of Middleborough.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252721 <6>
- Vernon Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pine Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Street Cemetery
- Raynham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Raynham Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Central Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Middleborough.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MID.818 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973954 <6>
- Purchade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Perchade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Perchade Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perchade Cemetery
- Great Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Great Woods Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Woods Cemetery
- 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>
- South Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The South Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Street Cemetery
- Scotland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Scotland Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Taunton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91602 <6>
- Neck of Land Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stetson - Haskins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Stetson - Haskins Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson - Haskins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stetson - Haskins Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Taunton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322094 <6>
- Pierce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pierce Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Cemetery
- Strowbridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Strowbridge Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strowbridge Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nemasket Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Nemasket Hill Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemasket Hill Cemetery
- MCI Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The MCI Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MCI Cemetery
- Conant Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Conant Street Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant Street Cemetery
- Conant Street Smallpox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Richmond Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Richmond Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- East Taunton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Middleborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middleborough is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
- Namasket Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village
- Raynham Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Lakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- North Lakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville
- Weir Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- Berkley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berkley is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,900 people
- Raynham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- Taunton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Paper Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Dighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Dighton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dighton
- Segreganset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Segreganset is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segreganset
- Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Elmwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Dighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dighton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,040 people
- Assonet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Assonet is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assonet
- Cochesett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cochesett is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett
- West Bridgewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
- West Dighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Dighton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dighton
- Old Town Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town Landing is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Landing
- Freetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- East Freetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- South Middleboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Middleboro is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middleboro
- North Carver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- Plympton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plympton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
- East Bridgewater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 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 Richmond 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 Richmond Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Assonet - Historic
- Bridgewater
- East Bridgewater
- Middleborough
- Taunton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Richmond 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 Richmond Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #599682 (Richmond Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #599682 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: 15 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bridgewater
- Location given for Richmond Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.900657 Lon: -70.9922644
- 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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richmond 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. |
| <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. |