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A visit to the Wrentham Center 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 Wrentham Center Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wrentham Center Cemetery (FG ID #270816)

In addition, the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has a MACRIS <2> database entry for the Wrentham Center Cemetery (MACRIS ID: WRE.800). Once on the MACRIS page, look for the dark blue INV icon on the line 'Inventory Number: WRE.800'. Click on this link to open a PDF document with more detailed information contained on scanned documents.

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 Wrentham Center Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   42.0678°   (42° 4' 4")

Lon:   -71.3252°   (-71° 19' 30")

The Wrentham Center Cemetery is located in Norfolk County<3>.

The county seat for Norfolk County is located in Dedham. Dedham lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the north northeast of the Wrentham Center Cemetery .

Establishment of the Wrentham Center Cemetery ...

The Wrentham Center Cemetery was established in 1673.

Name Variations for Wrentham Center Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Wrentham Center Cemetery.

Wrentham Center Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Center Cemetery
  • Wrentham Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
  • Wrentham Trinity Episcopal Church Burial Ground

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Wrentham Center Cemetery.<5>

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

  • Gerould Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheldonville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shepardville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shepardville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shepardville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shepardville Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Union Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Plainville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Plainville Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • South Burial Ground Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Burial Ground Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Burial Ground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The South Burial Ground Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Francis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Francis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Francis Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Quaker Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Quaker Cemetery is located in Bristol County
    • Morse Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morse Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morse Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Walpole Plains Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walpole Plains Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walpole Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walpole Plains Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Wapole Plains Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wapole Plains Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wapole Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wapole Plains Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Brook Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Guild Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guild Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Guild Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Old Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Cemetery is located in Norfolk County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Wrentham Center Cemetery.

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

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 Wrentham Center 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 Wrentham Center Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wrentham Center Cemetery:

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 Wrentham Center Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1974195  (Center Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1974195 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Wrentham
    • County: Norfolk         Elev: 77
    • Location given for GNIS #1974195 (Center Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #270816
  • Referenced MACRIS Record:  WRE.800

The official website for Norfolk County: www.norfolkcounty.org/

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>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.

<3>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.
<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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wrentham Center Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0678, Longitude: -71.3252    
<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 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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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