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 Gleasondale (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 Gleasondale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Gleasondale 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 Gleasondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gleasondale:
Middlesex County (The home county of Gleasondale)
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Lower Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Lower Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village Stow (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Stow is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
Hudson (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hudson is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
Maynard (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Maynard is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
Marlborough (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Marlborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
Musketamquid Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Musketamquid Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musketamquid Village Boxborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Boxborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
Marlborough Junction (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction North Sudbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
North Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sudbury Sudbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
Acton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people
West Concord (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
West Concord is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Concord New Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
New Town is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
North Attleboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Mansfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Haggetts (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Lowell Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction West Andover (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
West Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover Cliftondale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Lynnfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Pleasant Hills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Andover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
Shawsheen Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village West Lynn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lawrence (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
Brigadoon Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village North Andover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
North Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Wellesley Farms (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Babson Park (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Charles River Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Dover (16 miles [25.7 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
Needham Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (17 miles [27.4 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
Medfield (18 miles [29 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
Millis (18 miles [29 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
Medway (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Medway is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Westbrook Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Rockville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Rockville is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Brighton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Allston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Highland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Jamaica Plain (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roslindale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Roxbury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Readville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Stonybrook Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Bay Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Charlestown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Mattapan (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Hyde Park (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Bolton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Berlin (5 miles [8 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
Southborough (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Chapinville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville South Berlin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Carterville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Seventh Day Adventist Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Harvard (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Still River (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Fayville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Lancaster (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
North Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
North Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Clinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Clinton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Hollis Depot (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Brookline (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Hollis (23 miles [37 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>
Nashua (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
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>
Pelham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
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 north)
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>
Mason (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
South Merrimack (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack Greenville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
New Ipswich (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
East Milford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford Litchfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Milford (30 miles [48.3 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>
Rockingham County (NH)
Windham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
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>
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Hamlet (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Branch Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Slatersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Union Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Cumberland Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Nasonville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Nasonville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nasonville Arnold Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Glendale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Glendale is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale North Smithfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield Population from the 2020 Census: 12,576 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gleasondale, see our County-by-County Page for Gleasondale .
Cemeteries Near Gleasondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gleasondale.
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 Gleasondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gleasondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
St. Michaels Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Main Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Main Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Forestvale Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Forestuale Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Weeks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brookside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hillside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Rocklawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wilson Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bolton Pan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (621 more) ...
Bolton Pan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Robin Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Maplewood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Gleasondale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gleasondale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gleasondale, with the one closest to Gleasondale listed first.
Hudson (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hudson is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
Stow (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Stow is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
Marlborough (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Marlborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
Maynard (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Maynard is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
Bolton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
South Bolton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bolton Berlin (5 miles [8 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
Marlborough Junction (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction South Acton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
South Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton West Acton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Acton Boxborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Boxborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
West Berlin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
West Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin Continue List (19 more) ...
South Berlin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Chapinville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Southborough (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gleasondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gleasondale .
Newspapers Published in Gleasondale ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gleasondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gleasondale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Gleasondale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Gleasondale:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Norfolk County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gleasondale. 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 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 . 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 . 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 Gleasondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Gleasondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.