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Welcome to Charles River Village ...

Charles River Village is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Charles River Village, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Charles River Village: Charles Riv. Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Charles River Village for more information about variations on the name of Charles River Village.

Charles River Village is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Charles River Village lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Charles River Village ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Charles River Village.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Charles River Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Charles River Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Charles River Village. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charles River Village.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Charles River Village. See our Newspapers Page for Charles River Village.

Adding Charles River Village to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Charles River Village in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Charles River Village was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Charles River Village post office opened in 1851.

We also found Charles River Village in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Charles River Village.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Charles River Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/