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 Ebenville (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 Ebenville. 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.
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 and hospitals 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.
Ebenville is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Tolland (CT), Windham (CT), Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Cheshire (NH), Hillsborough (NH) & Providence (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Ebenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ebenville:
- Worcester County (The home county of Ebenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- South Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- North Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Pratts Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
- Sterling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,166 people
- Seventh Day Adventist Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boylston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boylston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,728 people
- Bolton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Carterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Sterling Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Junction
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Haggetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haggetts is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
- Lowell Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell Junction is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction
- Franklin County
- Millington ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Hampshire County
- Ware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Shaker Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Devens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Boxborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boxborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
- Stow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stow is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
- Ayer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Marlborough Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction
- Marlborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
- Lower Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Littleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,253 people
- Maynard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maynard is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Wellesley Farms
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms
- Wellesley Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills
- Wellesley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wellesley is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
- Babson Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Babson Park is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park
- Needham Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights
- Charles River Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
- Medway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medway is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
- Millis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millis is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
- Bellingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellingham is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
- Medfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Medfield is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
- Needham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Needham is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Allston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- West Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury
- Windham County (CT)
- East Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Rindge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- Brookline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollis Depot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Hollis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
- Mason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
- New Ipswich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nashua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
- East Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford
- South Merrimack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,515 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
- Temple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <1>
- Providence County (RI)
- Slatersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ebenville, see our County-by-County Page for Ebenville.
Cemeteries Near Ebenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebenville.
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 Ebenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ebenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- St. John's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Middle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Middle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eastwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eastwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastwood Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northeast of Clinton.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOL.806 <3>
- North Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Sterling.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (553 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chocksett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<5>
While we didn't find Ebenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ebenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ebenville, with the one closest to Ebenville listed first.
- South Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Clinton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- North Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Sterling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,166 people
- Boylston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boylston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,728 people
- Sterling Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Junction
- West Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin
- Gates Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gates Crossing is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Crossing
- Bolton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Bolton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bolton
- Still River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Lunenburg Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ebenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ebenville.
Newspapers Published in Ebenville ...
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 177 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebenville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ebenville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ebenville:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Providence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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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| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ebenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Ebenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |