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 Linden (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 Linden. 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 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.
Linden is located in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County : Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Worcester & Hillsborough (NH) .
Below are the counties that are near Linden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linden:
Middlesex County (The home county of Linden)
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Malden (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Malden is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
Melrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Melrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
Wyoming (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wyoming is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Everett (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Edgeworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Wellington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wellington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Medford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Stoneham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Somerville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Somerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Montrose (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Montrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Lindenwood (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Montvale (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Wakefield (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
North Easton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (27 miles [43.5 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
Furnace Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village East Mansfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (29 miles [46.7 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
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Cliftondale (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (2 miles [3.2 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
West Lynn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (4 miles [6.4 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
Nahant (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
East Lynn (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (6 miles [9.7 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 (7 miles [11.3 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
West Peabody (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Clifton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Peabody (8 miles [12.9 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
Marblehead (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Marblehead is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Brookline Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Milton Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Norfolk Downs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Wollaston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Westbrook Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village East Milton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Milton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
Quincy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
West Quincy (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy North Weymouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth Quincy Point (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Hull (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Minot (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate North Abington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Rockland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Montello (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Greenbush (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Greenbush is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush Norwell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Norwell is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Franklin Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Revere (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Chelsea (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Charlestown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown East Boston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Winthrop (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Boston (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Point Shirley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley Bay Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village South Boston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Allston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Roxbury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Brighton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Fayville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (26 miles [41.8 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
Cordaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Shaker Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Southville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Harvard (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Bolton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Chapinville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville South Berlin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Still River (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Pelham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hudson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Salem (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
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>
Wilson Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Westville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Atkinson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Plaistow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Windham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
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>
North Salem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Newton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linden, see our County-by-County Page for Linden .
Cemeteries Near Linden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linden.
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 Linden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Holy Cross Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Beth Israel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Workmans Circle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Wyoming Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Forest Dale Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Dale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Malden . The Forest Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
Forestdale Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.804 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1056071 <3>
Bell Rock Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Garden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Riverside Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Mary's Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Salem Street Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (573 more) ...
Phipps Street Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bunker Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copp's Hill Burying Ground The Copp's Hill Burying Ground has also been known as:
Copp's Hill Burial Ground Copp's Hill Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.808 <2>
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Linden had a population of 700 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linden, with the one closest to Linden listed first.
Franklin Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Faulkner (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Faulkner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner Malden (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Malden is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
Revere (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Cliftondale (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Maplewood (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Maplewood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Edgeworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth West Everett (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
West Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Everett Everett (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Chelsea (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Crescent Beach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Crescent Beach is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach Continue List (14 more) ...
Oak Island (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Oak Island is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Island Saugus (2 miles [3.2 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
Melrose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Melrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linden .
Newspapers Published in Linden ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linden, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Linden.
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 Linden:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Linden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Linden, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Linden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.