Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Clapps Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Clapps Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Clapps Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Clapps Corner: Clapps Cor. (or less commonly used: Clapps Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Clapps Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Clapps Corner may originally have been Clapp's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Clapps Corner might be written as Clapp Corner.
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.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Clapps Corner is located in Plymouth County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.
Below are the counties that are near Clapps Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clapps Corner:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Clapps Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- North Scituate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Norwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- Minot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Minot is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Greenbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Scituate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 people
- Hingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
- North Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- Accord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- West Hingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
- Marshfield Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield Hills is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Hills
- Kenberma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
- Curtis Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- North Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- South Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Easton Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- Furnace Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Raynham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- East Mansfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
- Raynham Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
- East Taunton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Norton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
- Taunton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Weir Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Nahant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
- Clifton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- East Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Swampscott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Swampscott is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
- Cliftondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftondale is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
- Marblehead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Marblehead is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
- Pleasant Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Saugus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saugus is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
- West Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
- West Town Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Town Landing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
- Peabody
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Cambridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Everett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
- Somerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
- Chestnut Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Edgeworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Huron Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
- Malden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
- Wellington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Medford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Medford is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
- Newton Centre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Newton Highlands
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Beechwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Cohasset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- North Cohasset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- East Weymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- Weymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- North Weymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
- South Weymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Weymouth Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- Braintree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- Quincy Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
- Holbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Quincy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Quincy is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
- Brookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Neponset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Point Shirley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Ashmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Dorchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Savin Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Winthrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
- South Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Mattapan Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
- Mattapan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
- Bay Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
- East Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
- Hyde Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clapps Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Clapps Corner.
Cemeteries Near Clapps Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clapps Corner.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Clapps Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clapps Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Merritt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bowker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- First Parish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Parish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the First Parish Cemetery is located in Norwell.
- Groveland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old First Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meeting House Lane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Hingham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Clapps Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clapps Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clapps Corner, with the one closest to Clapps Corner listed first.
- Beechwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- North Scituate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Norwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- Scituate Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scituate Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Center
- Egypt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Cohasset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- Greenbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- South Hingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hingham
- North Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hanover
- North Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- North Cohasset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Scituate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 people
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
- Hingham Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hingham Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Center
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clapps Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clapps Corner.
Newspapers Published in Clapps Corner ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clapps Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clapps Corner, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clapps Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Clapps Corner:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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.
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| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Clapps Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Clapps Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |