A visit to the Walpole Plains 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 Walpole Plains Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walpole Plains Cemetery:
42.1384, -71.2837
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walpole Plains Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walpole Plains Cemetery is located in Norfolk County<2>.
The county seat for Norfolk County is located in Dedham. Dedham lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Walpole Plains Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walpole Plains Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Walpole Plains Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walpole Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Walpole.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91000 <5>
- Francis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Francis Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Cemetery
- Guild Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Guild Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- Vine Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Moose Hill Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moose Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Walpole.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2416869 <5>
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Medfield State Hospital Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Wrentham Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wrentham Center Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Center Cemetery
- The Wrentham Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Cemetery
- Wrentham Trinity Episcopal Church Burial Ground
- Wrentham Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WRE.800 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #270816 <5>
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Chestnut Tree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sharon Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sharon Memorial Park is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sharon Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91698 <5>
- Old Parish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Parish Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Parish Cemetery
- The Old Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Parish Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #NRD.800 <6>
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old South Burying Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Morse Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Cemetery
- Rock Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knollwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Knollwood Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knollwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503478 <5>
- Knollwood Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Knollwood Memorial Park is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Knollwood Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91148 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Walpole Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walpole Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Walpole
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Walpole is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,582 people
- Norfolk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norfolk is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
- South Walpole
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Walpole is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole
- Pondville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pondville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Medfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Medfield is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
- Rockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- North Foxboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro
- East Walpole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Walpole is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Walpole
- Millis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millis is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
- Acorn Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace
- Wrentham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wrentham is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
- Foxborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Foxborough is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
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- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,864 people
- Norwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,737 people
- Medway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medway is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
- South Sherborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn
- Westwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,384 people
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Canton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,029 people
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
- Sheldonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
- Sherborn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherborn is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
- Charles River Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Holliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Holliston is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston
- Holliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holliston is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
- Metcalf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Metcalf is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
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 Walpole Plains Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Norfolk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walpole Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canton
- Dover
- Foxborough
- Franklin
- Holliston
- Mansfield
- Medway
- Norwood
- Sharon
- Walpole
- Westwood
- Wrentham
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 websites either 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 Walpole Plains Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Norfolk 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 Walpole Plains Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1973972 (Walpole Plains Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1973972 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: Norfolk
- Est. Elev: 72 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Medfield
- Location given for Walpole Plains Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.1384317 Lon: -71.2836663
- 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 Norfolk, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walpole Plains 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 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. |
| <6> | 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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