Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Head of Plains. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Head of Plains to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Head of Plains, please Contact Us.
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 Head of Plains (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 Head of Plains. 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.
Cemeteries Near Head of Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Head of Plains.
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 Head of Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Head of Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Head of Plains, with the one closest to Head of Plains listed first.
- Old Settlers Graves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friends Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Cemetery
- The New Town Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newtown Cemetery
- Old South Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174319 <2>
- African Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Cemetery
- The New Town Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newtown Cemetery
- Old Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Polpis Burying Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Town Hill Burying Ground
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Westside Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- New Westside Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Head of Plains in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Head of Plains.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Head of Plains, with the one closest to Head of Plains listed first.
- Nantucket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nantucket is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantucket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,376 people
- Siasconset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Siasconset is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siasconset
- Katama
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Katama is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katama
- Edgartown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgartown is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgartown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
- Oak Bluffs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Vineyard Highlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard Highlands is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Highlands
- Hyannis Port
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hyannis Port is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyannis Port
- Vineyard Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
- Craigville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Craigville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Wianno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wianno is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wianno
- West Chop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Chop is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chop
- West Yarmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yarmouth
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- West Tisbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Tisbury is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
- South Yarmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yarmouth
- Hyannis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hyannis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyannis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Head of Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around Head of Plains.
Newspapers Published in Head of Plains ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Head of Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Head of Plains, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Head of Plains.
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 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 Head of Plains:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Nantucket County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Dukes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Head of Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Head of Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |