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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Ward Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ward Cemetery (FG ID #2248562)

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 Ward Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.8595°   (41° 51' 34")

Lon:   -70.9414°   (-70° 56' 29")

The Ward Cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.

The county seat for Plymouth County is located in Plymouth. Plymouth lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Ward Cemetery .

Establishment of the Ward Cemetery ...

The Ward Cemetery was established in 1790.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ward Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Plymouth County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ward Cemetery.

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

    • North Lakeville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville
      • North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County
    • Lakeville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
      • Lakeville is located in Plymouth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
    • Middleborough
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough
      • Middleborough is located in Plymouth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
    • Namasket Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Namasket Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village
      • Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County
    • East Taunton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
      • East Taunton is located in Bristol County
    • East Freetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
      • East Freetown is located in Bristol County
    • South Middleboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Middleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middleboro
      • South Middleboro is located in Plymouth County
    • Assonet ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assonet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assonet
      • Assonet is located in Bristol County
    • Freetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
      • Freetown is located in Bristol County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
    • Raynham Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
      • Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
    • Weir Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
      • Weir Village is located in Bristol County
    • Berkley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
      • Berkley is located in Bristol County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,900 people
    • Continue List   (15 more) ...
      • Braleys
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
        • Braleys is located in Bristol County
      • Long Plain
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
        • Long Plain is located in Bristol County
      • Water View Village
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water View Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water View Village
        • Water View Village is located in Plymouth County
      • North Carver
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
        • North Carver is located in Plymouth County
      • Taunton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
        • Taunton is located in Bristol County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
      • Paper Mill Village
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
        • Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Dighton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dighton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dighton
        • Dighton is located in Bristol County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,040 people
      • Bridgewater
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
        • Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
      • Old Town Landing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Landing
        • Old Town Landing is located in Bristol County
      • Clifford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
        • Clifford is located in Bristol County
      • Carver
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
        • Carver is located in Plymouth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
      • Plympton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plympton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
        • Plympton is located in Plymouth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
      • Halifax
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halifax have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
        • Halifax is located in Plymouth County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,865 people
      • Raynham
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
        • Raynham is located in Bristol County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
      • North Dighton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Dighton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dighton
        • North Dighton is located in Bristol 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 Ward 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 Ward Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Ward Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Haskins Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haskins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Haskins Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haskins Cemetery
    • Thompson Hill Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pond Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Strowbridge Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strowbridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Strowbridge Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strowbridge Cemetery
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Richmond Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Richmond Cemetery is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
    • Pierce Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pierce Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
    • Robbins Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robbins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Robbins Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robbins Cemetery
    • McCully Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCully Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McCully Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCully Cemetery
    • Clark Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Clark Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Reed Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Reed Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Nemasket Hill Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nemasket Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Nemasket Hill Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nemasket Hill Cemetery
      • Perchade Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perchade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Perchade Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perchade Cemetery
      • Purchade Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Padelford Burying Ground
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Caswell Burying Ground
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • St. James Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Caswell Street Burying Ground
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caswell Street Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Caswell Street Burying Ground is located in Bristol County
        • The Caswell Street Burying Ground has also been known as:
        • Caswell Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caswell Street Burying Ground
        • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #TAU.813 <6>
      • Parish Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Parish Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parish Cemetery

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

    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 Ward Cemetery:

    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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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 Ward Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8595, Longitude: -70.9414    
    <4>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.
    <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 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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