A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Union Cemetery (FG ID #91795)
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 Union Cemetery ...
The Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brockton.
The cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Beaver Cemetery
- The Beaver Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #EBR.805 <3>
- Bicknell Family Tomb
- The Bicknell Family Tomb is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicknell Family Tomb
- Chevra Tilum Cemetery
- The Chevra Tilum Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevra Tilum Cemetery
- Cobb Family Burying Ground
- Colebrook Cemetery
- Coweeset Cemetery
- The Coweeset Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coweeset Cemetery
- Gould Family Burying Ground Site
- High Street Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Melrose Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Nash Family Tomb
- The Nash Family Tomb is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Family Tomb
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Old Church Burying Ground
- Pine Hill Cemetery
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Richards Family Burial Ground
- St. James Cemetery
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- The Plain Cemetery
- The Plain Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Plain Cemetery
- Torrey Family Burying Ground
- Union Congregational Church Cemetery
- Wendell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Abington
- Avon
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- Brookville
- Cochesett
- East Bridgewater
- Easton Center
- Easton
- Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- Elmwood
- Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
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- Furnace Village
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Hanson
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Holbrook
- Montello
- North Abington
- North Easton
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- North Stoughton
- Paper Mill Village
- Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Randolph
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- Rockland
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- South Easton
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
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- South Weymouth
- Stoughton
- West Bridgewater
- West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
- Whitman
- Whitman is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abington
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- East Bridgewater
- Holbrook
- Randolph
- Rockland
- Stoughton
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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Plymouth 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 Union Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #91795
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #602718 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #602718 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: Plymouth
- Est. Elev: 32 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brockton
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 Plymouth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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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| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |