A visit to the Southborough Rural 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 Southborough Rural Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Southborough Rural Cemetery (FG ID #640831).
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 Southborough Rural Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Southborough Rural Cemetery:
42.3014, -71.5287
The Southborough Rural Cemetery is located in Worcester County<2>.
The county seat for Worcester County is located in Worcester. Worcester lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west of the Southborough Rural Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Southborough Rural Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Southborough Rural Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Southborough Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rocklawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rocklawn Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklawn Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Common Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Wilson Street Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Street Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Goodnow Gravesite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgell Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forestuale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Forestuale Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestuale Cemetery
- Forestvale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Robin Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Hopkinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Tarcisius Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Tarcisius Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Tarcisius Cemetery
- Church Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Stephens Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephens Cemetery
- Weeks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Southborough Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Southborough Rural Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Southborough
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fayville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marlborough Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Southville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cordaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marlborough
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Westborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Ashland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Framingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chapinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Northborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Hayden Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saxonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Musketamquid Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Musketamquid Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musketamquid Village
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Holliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Natick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cochituate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sudbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Southborough Rural 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 Southborough Rural Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Framingham
- Holliston
- Hopkinton
- Hudson
- Hudson lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Southborough Rural Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hudson.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Marlborough
- Northborough
- Sudbury
- Westborough
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 Southborough Rural Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Worcester 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 Southborough Rural Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #640831
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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Southborough Rural 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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