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 Granville Center (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 Granville Center. 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.
Name Variations for Granville Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Granville Center: Granville Ctr. (or less commonly used: Granville Cen., Granville Cent. or Granville Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Granville Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granville Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Granville Center is located in Hampden 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 Hampden County: Hartford (CT), Litchfield (CT), Tolland (CT), Berkshire, Hampshire & Worcester.
Below are the counties that are near Granville Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Granville Center:
- Hampden County (The home county of Granville Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Granville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- West Granville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- Southwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Southwick is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
- Hosmer Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner
- Woronoco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woronoco is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
- Tolland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Blandford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blandford is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
- Hampton Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Village is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village
- Feeding Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
- Berkshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- East Otis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis
- Otis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Sandisfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
- South Sandisfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
- North Otis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Otis
- Monterey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
- West Becket
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Becket is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Becket
- New Marlborough
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
- Southfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- Gomorrah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Hartsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hartsville is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Mill River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Franklin County
- Whately
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whately is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Huntington is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
- Southampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
- Westhampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westhampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Easthampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
- West Farms
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Farms is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms
- Middlefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Middlefield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Bay State
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bay State is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State
- Mount Tom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom
- South Hadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
- Florence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Leeds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leeds is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Northampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- East Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Granby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
- West Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Granby is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,558 people
- West Granby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Rising Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner
- Salmon Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salmon Brook is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Brook
- Chatsworth Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Village is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Village
- Granby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Granby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Granby is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,120 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Hampsted
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hampsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted
- Barkhamsted
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Barkhamsted
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
- Riverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,396 people
- Colebrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Colebrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook
- New Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Meadow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Winsted
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Puddle Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Somersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ellington is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
- Ellington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Windermere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windermere is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
- Rockville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Quarryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Quarryville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- State Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- State Line is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Granville Center, see our County-by-County Page for Granville Center.
Cemeteries Near Granville Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granville Center.
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 Granville Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Granville Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silver Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Street Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Silver Street Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the southwest of Westfield.
- The Silver Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Granville Cemetery
- Southeast Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #GRN.806 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91031 <4>
- Northeast Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cooley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Southwick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Hartland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tolland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Quarter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Pratt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Burying Ground
(8 miles [12.9 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 Granville Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Granville Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Granville Center, with the one closest to Granville Center listed first.
- Granville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- West Granville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Granville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- East Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Granby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southwick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Southwick is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
- West Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- West Granby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
- Tolland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Blandford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blandford is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Barkhamsted
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Granby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Granville Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Granville Center.
Newspapers Published in Granville Center ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granville Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granville Center, 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 Granville Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Granville Center:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Hampden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkshire County
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Tolland 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Granville Center) 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 Granville Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |