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A visit to the Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Riverside Cemetery (FG ID #1046196)

In addition, the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has a MACRIS <2> database entry for the Riverside Cemetery (MACRIS ID: GRF.804). Once on the MACRIS page, look for the dark blue INV icon on the line 'Inventory Number: GRF.804'. Click on this link to open a PDF document with more detailed information contained on scanned documents.

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 Riverside Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.2058°   (42° 12' 20")

Lon:   -71.6982°   (-71° 41' 53")

The cemetery is located in Worcester County<3>.

As an estimate, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Grafton.

The county seat for Worcester County is located in Worcester. Worcester lies just to the northwest of the Riverside Cemetery .

Name Variations for Riverside Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Riverside - Fairview Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> of the Riverside Cemetery.<5>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Riverside Cemetery.

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

  • Grafton
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • North Grafton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grafton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grafton
    • North Grafton is located in Worcester County
  • Saundersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Millbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millbury have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbury
    • Millbury is located in Worcester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,973 people
  • Northbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Upton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Millbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Millbury have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millbury
    • West Millbury is located in Worcester County
  • Sutton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
    • Sutton is located in Worcester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,576 people
  • Upton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Upton is located in Worcester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,088 people
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Quinsigamond Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinsigamond Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinsigamond Village
    • Quinsigamond Village is located in Worcester County
  • New Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
    • New Village is located in Worcester County
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Whitinsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitinsville
      • Whitinsville is located in Worcester County
    • Westborough
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Worcester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shrewsbury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Linwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Worcester County
    • Woodville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Middlesex County
    • Auburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,701 people
    • Manchaug ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchaug have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchaug
      • Manchaug is located in Worcester County
    • North Uxbridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Northborough
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northborough have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough
      • Northborough is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
    • West Auburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • North Oxford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oxford
      • North Oxford is located in Worcester County
    • East Douglas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Uxbridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uxbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge
      • Uxbridge is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
    • White City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Worcester County
    • Hopedale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopedale have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
      • Hopedale is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
    • Hayden Row
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hopkinton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Southville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • North Worcester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
      • Cherry Valley is located in Worcester County

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 Riverside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Worcester County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverside Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #601769  (Riverside Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #601769 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: Grafton
    • County: Worcester         Elev: 92
    • Location given for GNIS #601769 (Riverside Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1046196
  • Referenced MACRIS Record:  GRF.804

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>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.

<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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 Riverside Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2058, Longitude: -71.6982    
<5>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.
<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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