Do you know of Cherry Brook ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cherry Brook. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cherry Brook.<1>

We found mention of Cherry Brook as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Communities Also Named Cherry Brook ...

We found two communities that share the name Cherry Brook.

Within Massachusetts, the name Cherry Brook is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
  - Hartford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Cherry Brook [Hartford County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Cherry Brook.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cherry Brook ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cherry Brook:

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Cherry Brook.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/13240 (Place Name: Cherry Brook)

County: Middlesex (FIPS State/County: 25/017)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Cherry Brook) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Acton Center	Nashoba
Assabet	North Acton Junction
Atherton	North Cambridge Junction
Ayer Center	North Framingham
Ayer Junction	North Littleton
	North Somerville
Beaver Brook	North Sommerville
Bell Rock	North Waltham
Bennett Hall	North Woburn Junction
Billerica Center
Broadway	Oakland
Brookside	Ordway
Burtt's
	Park Street
Cabot	Peperell Station
Cedar Hill Camp	Pepperell Center
Center	Pierces Bridge
Chemistry	Pogus
Chery Brook	Point of Pines
City Farm	Prospect Hill
Clematis Brook
Cold Spring	Roberts
College Hill	Rock Bottom
Concord Junction
	Salem Junction
Dunstable Station	Sandy Pond
	Saugus River Junction
East Chelmsford	Shirley Compact
East Everett	Shirley Station
East Sudbury	Shirley Village
East Woburn	Shirleyville
Ellsworth	Somerville Highlands
Everett Junction	Somerville Junction
	South Farmingham
Fellsway	South Framingham
Feltonsville	South Groton
Fitchburg Crossing	South Malden
Framingham Centre	South Reading
Framingham Junction	South Waltham
Fresh Pond	South Woburn
	Stevens
Golden Cove	Stony Brook
Groton Center	Sudbury Center
Groton Junction
	Tewksbury Center
Harvard Square	Townsend Center
Harwood	Turnpike
Hill's Crossing
Hopkinton Center	Union Market
Hudson Center	Union Square

Inman Square	Wakefield Center
	Waltham North
Kearney Square	Warnerville
Kendall Square	Wayland Center
	Wayside Inn
Lake Street	West Billerica
Lockerville	West Cambridge
	West Littleton
Malden Station	West Marlborough
Medford Junction	West Watertown
Middlesex Junction	West Woburn
Middlesex	Westvale
Mirror Lake	Whitman's Crossing
Mount Suburn	Whittenton
Munroe	Wigginsville
Mystic Junction	Wilmington Station
	Winmere

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cherry Brook could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.