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 Farm Hill (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 Farm Hill. 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 northwest 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 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.
Farm Hill is located in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County : Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Worcester & Hillsborough (NH) .
Below are the counties that are near Farm Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farm Hill:
Middlesex County (The home county of Farm Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Wakefield (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Lindenwood (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Stoneham (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Walnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Reading (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
Montrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Montrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Melrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Melrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
Montvale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Wyoming (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wyoming is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Winchester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Winchester is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Population from the 2020 Census: 22,678 people
Woburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
North Easton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Lynnfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Pleasant Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Cliftondale (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale West Peabody (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Lynn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
Brigadoon Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Middleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Middleton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
East Lynn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Beaver Brook ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Beaver Brook is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook Hathorne (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hathorne is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathorne Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Brookline Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Westbrook Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Milton Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Norfolk Downs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Babson Park (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Needham Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Wellesley Farms (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
East Milton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Milton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Hull (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Minot (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Montello (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello North Abington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Rockland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Abington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Franklin Park (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Chelsea (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Revere (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Charlestown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown East Boston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Allston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Bay Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Boston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Winthrop (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Brighton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton South Boston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Point Shirley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Shaker Village (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Fayville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Harvard (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Cordaville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Bolton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Still River (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Southville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Seventh Day Adventist Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
South Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Carterville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Pelham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hudson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
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>
Nashua (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
Hollis Depot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Salem (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Atkinson (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Plaistow (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Westville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Windham (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,865 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <1>
North Salem (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hampstead (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Newton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
Hubbard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard South Hampton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Danville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farm Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Farm Hill .
Cemeteries Near Farm Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farm Hill.
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 Farm Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farm Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Old Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Patricks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Lindenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Old Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Temple Israel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Lakeside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Meretz Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Calvary Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Laurel Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Forest Glade Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Woodbrook Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbrook Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbrook Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woburn . The Woodbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
Salem Street Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.805 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91872 <3>
Wildwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Wildwood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Winchester . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WNT.801 <2>
Continue List (602 more) ...
Wyoming Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Forest Glen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Old Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Farm Hill had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farm Hill, with the one closest to Farm Hill listed first.
Lindenwood (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Stoneham (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Greenwood (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Greenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Wakefield Junction (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Wakefield Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Junction Wakefield (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Walnut Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Montvale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Winchester Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Winchester Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Highlands Melrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Melrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
Melrose Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Melrose Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Highlands Reading Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Reading Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Highlands Montrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Montrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Continue List (20 more) ...
Reading (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Woburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farm Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farm Hill .
Newspapers Published in Farm Hill ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farm Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farm Hill, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Farm Hill.
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 either 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 Farm Hill:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Farm Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 . 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 Farm Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farm Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.