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 Lower Village (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 Lower Village. 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.
Lower Village 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 Lower Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Village:
Middlesex County (The home county of Lower Village)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Maynard (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Maynard is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
Stow (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Stow is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
Boxborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Boxborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
North Sudbury (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sudbury West Concord (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
West Concord is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Concord Acton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people
Musketamquid Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Musketamquid Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musketamquid Village New Town ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
New Town is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Sudbury (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
Hudson (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hudson is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
Village of Nagog Woods (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Marlborough (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Marlborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
Baker Bridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Baker Bridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Bridge Bristol County
Mansfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Haggetts (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Lowell Junction (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction West Andover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
West Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover Lynnfield (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Andover (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
Shawsheen Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village Cliftondale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Lawrence (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lawrence is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
West Lynn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn North Andover (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
North Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
Brigadoon Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Wellesley Farms (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Babson Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Charles River Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Dover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Needham Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Brookline (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Millis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Millis is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
Medfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Westbrook Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Brookline Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Plymouth County
Hull (30 miles [48.3 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
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Brighton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Allston (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Highland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Jamaica Plain (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roslindale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Bay Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Charlestown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Roxbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Stonybrook Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Boston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Hyde Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Mattapan (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Harvard (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Bolton (6 miles [9.7 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
Shaker Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Still River (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Berlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
South Berlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Carterville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Seventh Day Adventist Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fayville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Chapinville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Lancaster (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
North Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
North Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Hollis Depot (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
Hudson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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>
Nashua (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
Pelham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
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>
Brookline (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack Mason (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
East Milford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford Litchfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Milford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 16,515 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
Greenville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
New Ipswich (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Windham (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
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>
Salem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Londonderry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
North Salem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Hamlet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Branch Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Slatersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Union Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Village .
Cemeteries Near Lower Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Village.
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 Lower Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Hillside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Brookside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Glenwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Maynard . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAY.800 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91023 <3>
St. Bridgets Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bridgets Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bridgets Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Maynard . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91557 <3>
Mt. Hope Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Michaels Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Three Cornered Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
New South Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Old South Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Main Street Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Main Street Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Weeks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (627 more) ...
New North Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New North Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the New North Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> Maynard . North Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the North Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> Maynard . The North Cemetery has also been known as:
North Sudbury Cemetery Old North Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SUD.801 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193484 <3>
North Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery The North Cemetery has also been known as:
Hill Cemetery - North Burying Ground Hill Cemetery North Burying Ground Old North Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BXB.801 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2251970 <3>
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 Lower Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Village, with the one closest to Lower Village listed first.
Maynard (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Maynard is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
Stow (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Stow is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
South Acton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
South Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton West Acton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
West Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Acton Boxborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Boxborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
North Sudbury (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sudbury East Acton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
East Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acton Acton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people
Hudson (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hudson is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
Sudbury (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
South Bolton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bolton Marlborough (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Marlborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
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South Sudbury (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
South Sudbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sudbury North Acton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
North Acton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Acton Harvard (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Village .
Newspapers Published in Lower Village ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Village, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lower Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lower Village:
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 Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lower Village. 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 . 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lower Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Lower Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.