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 Little Neck (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 Little Neck. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Little Neck is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Middlesex, Suffolk & Rockingham (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Little Neck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Neck:
- Essex County (The home county of Little Neck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Ipswich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ipswich is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,091 people
- Essex Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Essex Falls is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Falls
- Essex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,824 people
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,070 people
- Rowley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rowley is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,393 people
- Newbury Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury Old Town is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury Old Town
- Bay View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bay View is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Asbury Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Grove
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Dogtown Commons ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown Commons is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown Commons
- Former names for Dogtown Commons:
- Common Settlement
- Dogtown
- Dogtown Commons has also been known as:
- Dogtown Village
- West Gloucester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Gloucester is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gloucester
- South Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Hamilton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- Wenham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wenham is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,164 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- North Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- West Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Reading
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Wakefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
- Lindenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
- Stoneham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
- Walnut Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wilmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Mishawum ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mishawum is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum
- Montvale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montvale is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Brookline Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village
- North Cohasset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Brookline
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Plymouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Bayside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bayside is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
- Hull
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hull is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
- Kenberma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Franklin Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Revere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Revere is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
- Point Shirley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
- Winthrop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
- Charlestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charlestown is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- East Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
- Boston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
- Bay Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- South Boston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Allston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
- Savin Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- Pelham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- South Seabrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Seabrook is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seabrook
- Fogg Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Hampton Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton Beach is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Beach
- Seabrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Great Boars Head
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Great Boars Head is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Boars Head
- Hampton Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nason Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
- Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hampton is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
- Sanborn Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sanborn Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn Corners
- Kensington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Monahan Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monahan Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahan Corners
- Strafford County (NH)
- Glenmere Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Neck, see our County-by-County Page for Little Neck.
Cemeteries Near Little Neck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Neck.
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 Little Neck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Neck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Ipswich.
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cowles Highland Cemetery
- Cowles Memorial Cemetery
- Highland - Cowles Cemetery
- New Highland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91075 <2>
- Cawles Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Burying Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Ipswich.
- The Old Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Old North Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1626132 <2>
- Old South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old South Cemetery
- The Old South Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Cemetery
- South Side Cemetery
- Southside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91399 <2>
- Choate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Annex Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sagamore Hill Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rowley Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner Station Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (355 more) ...
- First Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Jacob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Little Neck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Neck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Neck, with the one closest to Little Neck listed first.
- Ipswich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ipswich is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipswich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,091 people
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,070 people
- Essex Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Essex Falls is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Falls
- Essex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,824 people
- South Essex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Essex is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Essex
- Rowley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rowley is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,393 people
- Asbury Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Grove
- Annisquam ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Annisquam is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annisquam
- Bay View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bay View is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Lanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- South Byfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Byfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byfield
- Wenham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wenham is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,164 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Gloucester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Gloucester is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gloucester
- Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Knights Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knights Crossing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Crossing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Neck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Neck.
Newspapers Published in Little Neck ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Neck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Neck, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Neck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Little Neck:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Essex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Plymouth County
- Suffolk County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford 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> | 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> | 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> | 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 Little Neck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |