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 Goodrichville (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 Goodrichville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Goodrichville 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 Goodrichville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodrichville:
- Worcester County (The home county of Goodrichville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Lunenburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Lunenburg Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- South Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
- North Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Still River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- Pratts Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
- Harvard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Blackburn Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- Ashburnham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Haggetts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Haggetts is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
- Lowell Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell Junction is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction
- West Andover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
- Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- Methuen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Methuen is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Shawsheen Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village
- North Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
- Tozier Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Ayers Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Tully
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Orange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- West Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Old City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Townsend Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Shirley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Paper Mill Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- West Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Shaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Ayer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Devens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Babbatasset Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Pepperell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Wellesley Farms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms
- Wellesley Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills
- Wellesley
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Babson Park is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Rindge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Dublin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Brookline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Hollis Depot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Hollis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Ipswich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- West Wilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Nashua
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- South Merrimack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Temple
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Londonderry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Derry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Derry is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
- Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Derry Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- North Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Hubbard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodrichville, see our County-by-County Page for Goodrichville.
Cemeteries Near Goodrichville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodrichville.
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 Goodrichville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodrichville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Lunenburg.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #LUN.801 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91720 <4>
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Fitchburg.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Forest Hill Cemetery (located 63 miles to the north).
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #FIT.804 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90989 <4>
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Cecilias Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cecilias Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Cecilias Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Leominster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111015 <4>
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<5>
While we didn't find Goodrichville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goodrichville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodrichville, with the one closest to Goodrichville listed first.
- Lunenburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- West Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- South Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- West Leominster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leominster
- North Leominster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leominster
- Lunenburg Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Shirley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Townsend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Townsend Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
- West Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ayer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- West Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fitchburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodrichville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodrichville.
Newspapers Published in Goodrichville ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodrichville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodrichville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goodrichville.
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 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 Goodrichville:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Goodrichville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <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 Goodrichville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |