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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 Cranberry Village (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 Cranberry Village. 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 Cranberry Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cranberry Village: Cranberry Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Cranberry Village 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 Cranberry Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cranberry Village:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Cranberry Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Pine Tree Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
- South Carver
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
- West Wareham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
- South Meadow Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
- Wareham Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wareham Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham Center
- Water View Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Water View Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water View Village
- Wareham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
- White Island Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
- South Middleboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Middleboro is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middleboro
- Briarwood Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- East Wareham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Buzzards Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Bourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Monument Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Sagamore Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Pocasset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Sagamore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
- Cataumet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
- Sandwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- Silver Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- North Falmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- East Sandwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- Forestdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Long Plain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- East Freetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Clifford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Acushnet Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acushnet is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Braleys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Acushnet Station ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Acushnet Station is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Station
- East Taunton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Fairhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
- Freetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Assonet ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Assonet is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assonet
- Dukes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Gosnold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gosnold is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- West Chop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Chop is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chop
- Oak Bluffs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Tisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,128 people
- Vineyard Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
- Christian Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Christian Town is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Town
- North Tisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tisbury
- Cuttyhunk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cuttyhunk is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttyhunk
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Brookville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Beechwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- Holbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- South Weymouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- East Weymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- Stoughton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people
- Cohasset
(28 miles [45.1 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 Stoughton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stoughton
- Weymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- North Cohasset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Bristol County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Coggeshall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bristol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Newport County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Bliss Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss Corners is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners
- Tiverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tiverton is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
- Adamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Tiverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tiverton is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton
- Tiverton Four Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tiverton Four Corners is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Four Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cranberry Village, see our County-by-County Page for Cranberry Village.
Cemeteries Near Cranberry Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cranberry Village.
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 Cranberry Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cranberry Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- Central Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Cemetery
- The Woodside Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Rochester Church Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #ROC.805 <1>
- Centre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth County Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thomastown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wenham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Agawam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Pond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakenham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Long Neck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parting Ways Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Cranberry Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cranberry Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cranberry Village, with the one closest to Cranberry Village listed first.
- South Carver
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- Tremont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tremont is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- West Wareham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
- South Wareham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wareham
- Wareham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
- South Middleboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Middleboro is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middleboro
- Howlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howlands is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlands
- East Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
- Onset Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Onset Station is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset Station
- East Wareham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- North Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Onset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onset is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
- Rochester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,740 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cranberry Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cranberry Village.
Newspapers Published in Cranberry Village ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cranberry Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cranberry Village, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cranberry Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cranberry Village:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- Dukes County
- Norfolk County
- Bristol County
- Newport County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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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| <2> | 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- Cranberry Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cranberry Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |