Welcome to Matfield ...

Matfield is located in Plymouth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Matfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Matfield is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Matfield lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Matfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Matfield.

• Brockton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Brockton is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
• Quincy
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
• Plymouth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
• Weymouth
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
• Taunton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Taunton is located in Bristol County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
• Attleboro
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Attleboro is located in Bristol County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
• Braintree
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
• Randolph
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Randolph is located in Norfolk County
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  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
• Norwood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood is located in Norfolk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,737 people
• North Attleboro
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • North Attleboro is located in Bristol County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Matfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Matfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Matfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Matfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Matfield. See our Newspapers Page for Matfield.

Adding Matfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Matfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Matfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Matfield post office opened in 1873. The Matfield post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Matfield.