A visit to the Village 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 Village Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Village Cemetery:
42.5404, -71.6537
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Village Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Village Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.
The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Village Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Village Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Village Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Village Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Village Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Cemetery
- Brick Tavern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Brick Tavern Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern Cemetery
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The South Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Lunenburg.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #LUN.801 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91720 <6>
- Bellevue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Marys Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- St. Cecilias Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Cecilias Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cecilias Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Cecilias Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Leominster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111015 <6>
- North Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The North Village Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Cemetery
- North Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The North Village Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harvard Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Harvard Center Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harvard Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harvard.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91060 <6>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The North Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The North Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Leo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Bernards Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernards Cemetery
- Middle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Middle Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Cemetery
- Middle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Middle Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Cemetery
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Settlers Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Settlers Cemetery
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Settlers Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Settlers Cemetery
- Eastwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Eastwood Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastwood Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Clinton.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOL.806 <5>
- Eastwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Eastwood Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The West Cemetery is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Village Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Village Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shaker Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Devens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Lunenburg Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Ayer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Still River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Harvard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- West Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
- North Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- Shaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lunenburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Pratts Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
- South Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Paper Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- South Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- Bolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Littleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,253 people
- Old City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,166 people
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- Seventh Day Adventist Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boxborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boxborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
- Centre Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Centre Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Village
- Forge Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forge Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge 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 Village 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 Village Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ayer
- Ayer lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Village Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ayer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Clinton
- Fitchburg
- Groton
- Harvard
- Lancaster
- Leominster
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 helpful 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 Village 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 Village Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #606570 (Village Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #606570 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: 87 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Shirley
- Location given for Village Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.5403687 Lon: -71.6536802
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Village 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. |