A visit to the Woodside 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 Woodside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woodside Cemetery:
41.6590, -70.9081
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woodside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woodside Cemetery is located in Bristol County<2>.
The county seat for Bristol County is located in Taunton. Taunton lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Woodside Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Woodside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Woodside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woodside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Acushnet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Peckham West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Peckham West Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckham West Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parting Ways Friends Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Parting Ways Friends Burial Ground is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parting Ways Friends Burial Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parting Ways Friends Burial Ground is located in Acushnet Center.
- The Parting Ways Friends Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Friends Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370492 <6>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Rural Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Cemetery
- Griffin Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Naskatucket Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polish National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Hammond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hammond Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond Cemetery
- Cushing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cushing Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing Cemetery
- Barlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Barlow Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Long Plain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Long Plain Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain Cemetery
- The Long Plain Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ancient Long Plain Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #ACU.801 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91190 <6>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Woodside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woodside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fairhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
- Acushnet
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Acushnet is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Acushnet Center
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet Station ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Acushnet Station is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Station
- New Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- North Dartmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dartmouth
- Bliss Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corner
- Smith Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Mills is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Mills
- Dartmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
- Apponagansett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apponagansett is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponagansett
- South Dartmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dartmouth
- Mattapoisett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Long Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Nonquitt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nonquitt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonquitt
- Braleys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,740 people
- Hixville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hixville is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixville
- Westport Factory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Westport Factory is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Factory
- Gidleys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gidleys Corner is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gidleys Corner
- East Freetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
- Freetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- North Westport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Westport is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westport
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 Woodside Cemetery. The following communities are located in Bristol County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woodside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dartmouth
- Fairhaven
- New Bedford
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Woodside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Bristol 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 Woodside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #599659 (Woodside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #599659 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: Bristol
- Est. Elev: 9 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Bedford North
- Location given for Woodside Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.6589929 Lon: -70.9080935
- 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 Bristol, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodside 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. |