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 Halfway Pond (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 Halfway Pond. 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.
Halfway Pond is located in Plymouth County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties 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 Halfway Pond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halfway Pond:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Halfway Pond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Manomet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - White Island Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Island Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
- White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
- White Horse Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Beach
- White Horse Beach is located in Plymouth County
- East Wareham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wareham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Onset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
- Onset is located in Plymouth County
- Cranberry Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
- Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- Pine Tree Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
- Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
- South Carver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- North Plymouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Carver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - South Meadow Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
- South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sagamore Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Sagamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Sandwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Bourne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Buzzards Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- East Sandwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Plowed Neck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Monument Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Forestdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Pocasset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Cataumet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - West Barnstable
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barnstable
- West Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Long Plain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Clifford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - East Freetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Fairhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Braleys
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- New Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- East Taunton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Freetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- Bliss Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corner
- Bliss Corner is located in Bristol County
- North Dartmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Dartmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dartmouth
- North Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
- Dukes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- West Chop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Oak Bluffs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Tisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisbury
- Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,128 people
- Vineyard Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
- Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
- Gosnold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Christian Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Town
- Christian Town is located in Dukes County
- North Tisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tisbury
- North Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Beechwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Cohasset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halfway Pond, see our County-by-County Page for Halfway Pond.
Newspapers Published in Halfway Pond ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halfway Pond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halfway Pond, 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 Halfway Pond.
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 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 Halfway Pond:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Massachusetts Archives Division
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bristol County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dukes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Norfolk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barnstable County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
Cemeteries Near Halfway Pond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halfway Pond.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halfway Pond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Savery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Savery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Savery Cemetery
- Cedarville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedarville Cemetery
- Indian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Sagamore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagamore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1200274 <3>
- Manomet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manomet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #276638 <3>
- Saddle & Pilgrim Graves
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saddle & Pilgrim Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saddle & Pilgrim Graves
- Bay View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90766 <3>
- White Horse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Horse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Horse Cemetery
- Old Town Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Town Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Sandwich.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1115453 <3>
- Almshouse Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Almshouse Burial Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Almshouse Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Poor Farm Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Almshouse Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2576934 <3>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91255 <3>
- Russell Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Mills Cemetery
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Oakland Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91370 <3>
- Old Bourne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bourne Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91372 <3>
- Freeman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
- Oakland Grove Cemetery
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 Halfway Pond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halfway Pond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halfway Pond, with the one closest to Halfway Pond listed first.
- Bournedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bournedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bournedale
- Bournedale is located in Barnstable County
- Manomet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Sagamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Sandwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Buzzards Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Bourne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - East Sandwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Chiltonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiltonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- East Wareham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wareham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Onset Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onset Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset Station
- Onset Station is located in Plymouth County
- Onset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
- Onset is located in Plymouth County
- Monument Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Forestdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- South Carver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Forestdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halfway Pond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halfway Pond.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halfway Pond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halfway Pond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halfway Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8423, Longitude: -70.5364 In this case, the coordinates for Halfway Pond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Halfway Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |