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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 and doctors 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.
Highland is located in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
Suffolk County (The home county of Highland)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
West Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Roslindale (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Stonybrook Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Hyde Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Mattapan Station (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Readville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Ashmont (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Dorchester (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Brighton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
North Easton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Mansfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
East Mansfield (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Furnace Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Norton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
North Attleboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Attleboro Falls (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Chartley (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Raynham is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Cliftondale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Nahant (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
West Lynn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
East Lynn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Swampscott is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Lynnfield (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Clifton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton West Peabody (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Peabody (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Chestnut Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Eliot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Centre (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Newton Highlands (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Newton Upper Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Newton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
Waban (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Waban is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban North Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
North Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Cambridgeport (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Newton Lower Falls (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Newtonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville Nonantum ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nonantum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonantum Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Westbrook Village (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Dedham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Brookline Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Ashcroft (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Readville Manor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Readville Manor is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Manor Needham Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Milton Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Milton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
Babson Park (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Charles River Village (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Hull (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Hingham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Bayside (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Montello (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Accord (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Brockton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
North Abington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Abington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Rockland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Whitman (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Whitman is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Fayville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Southville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
South Milford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Hopedale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
White City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Mendon (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Westborough (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
East Blackstone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Chapinville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Cumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hamlet (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Albion (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Berkeley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Berkeley is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Branch Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Lime Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Lincoln (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lincoln is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Population from the 2020 Census: 21,941 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland .
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
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 Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
Mt. Benedict Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hebrew Progressive Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Walnut Hills Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Boston Catholic Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Baker Street Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
The Gardens Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Gardens Cemetery The Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
The Gardens at Gethsemane Cemetery Gethsemane Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91017 <2>
Continue List (648 more) ...
Holyhood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Old Village Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Brookdale Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Highland had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
West Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Clarendon Hills (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Clarendon Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon Hills Roslindale (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Mount Hope (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Dedham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Endicott (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Endicott is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endicott Ashcroft (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Mattapan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Newton Centre (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Continue List (15 more) ...
Newton Highlands (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Eliot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Upper Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland .
Newspapers Published in Highland ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Highland:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland. 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 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 . 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 . 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 Highland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.