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 Fourth Cliff (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 Fourth Cliff. 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.
Fourth Cliff 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 Fourth Cliff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourth Cliff:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Fourth Cliff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Humarock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Humarock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humarock
- Greenbush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Scituate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 people
- Marshfield Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshfield Hills is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Hills
- North Marshfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,037 people
- Norwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- North Scituate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Ocean Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean Bluff is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bluff
- Ashdod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashdod is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdod
- Green Harbor - Cedar Crest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brant Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brant Rock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Rock
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Provincetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Provincetown is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provincetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,957 people
- Buzzards Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Sagamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
- Bourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Sandwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- Monument Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- South Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Easton Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton
(21 miles [33.8 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
- North Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Furnace Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Raynham
(23 miles [37 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
- Raynham Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- East Taunton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Taunton
(26 miles [41.8 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
- East Mansfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
- Weir Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Nahant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Marblehead
(24 miles [38.6 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
- East Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Swampscott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swampscott is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
- West Town Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Town Landing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing
- Cliftondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliftondale is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
- Pleasant Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- West Lynn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Saugus
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Cambridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Everett
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Edgeworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Huron Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
- Malden
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Medford
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Melrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
- Newton Centre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Beechwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Cohasset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- North Cohasset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- East Weymouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- South Weymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Weymouth
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
- Weymouth Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- Braintree
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Brookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Holbrook
(15 miles [24.1 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 Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Neponset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Point Shirley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Ashmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Dorchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Savin Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Winthrop
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Mattapan Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
- Mattapan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
- Bay Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Boston
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fourth Cliff, see our County-by-County Page for Fourth Cliff.
Cemeteries Near Fourth Cliff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourth Cliff.
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 Fourth Cliff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fourth Cliff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Littles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meeting House Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twomile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old First Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Couch Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- First Parish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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.
- Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Schoosett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Winslow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Merritt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Fourth Cliff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fourth Cliff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fourth Cliff, with the one closest to Fourth Cliff listed first.
- Sea View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sea View is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea View
- Marshfield Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshfield Hills is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Hills
- Scituate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 people
- Greenbush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- North Marshfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Marshfield
- Marshfield Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshfield Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Center
- Marshfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,037 people
- Egypt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Scituate Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scituate Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Center
- Norwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- North Scituate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- North Pembroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Pembroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pembroke
- North Duxbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Duxbury
- Green Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Harbor is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fourth Cliff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fourth Cliff.
Newspapers Published in Fourth Cliff ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourth Cliff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourth Cliff, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fourth Cliff.
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 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 Fourth Cliff:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fourth Cliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fourth Cliff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |