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 Meeting House Hill (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 Meeting House Hill. 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 doctors and 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.
Meeting House Hill 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 Meeting House Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meeting House Hill:
Suffolk County (The home county of Meeting House Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Savin Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury South Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Mattapan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Bay Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Mattapan Station (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Roslindale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Allston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
North Easton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village East Mansfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (20 miles [32.2 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
Norton (24 miles [38.6 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
Raynham (24 miles [38.6 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
Chartley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Raynham Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center Attleboro Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (26 miles [41.8 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
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Cliftondale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Nahant (10 miles [16.1 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
Saugus (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (12 miles [19.3 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 (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (13 miles [20.9 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
Clifton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Lynnfield (16 miles [25.7 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
Marblehead (16 miles [25.7 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
Peabody (16 miles [25.7 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
Salem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Cambridgeport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Somerville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Somerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Cambridge (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Chestnut Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Huron Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Newton Centre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Edgeworth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Everett (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
North Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
North Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Eliot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Highlands (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Newton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
Newtonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Milton Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Brookline Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
East Milton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Norfolk Downs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Wollaston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Milton (4 miles [6.4 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 (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
West Quincy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Westbrook Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Quincy Point (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point Ashcroft (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Hull (7 miles [11.3 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
Bayside (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (9 miles [14.5 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Montello (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello North Abington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Rockland (14 miles [22.5 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
Brockton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Abington (15 miles [24.1 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
North Scituate (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Minot (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Fayville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (23 miles [37 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 (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Hopedale (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Mendon (28 miles [45.1 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
Chapinville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Westborough (28 miles [45.1 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
Berlin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 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
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Cumberland (30 miles [48.3 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hamlet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meeting House Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Meeting House Hill .
Cemeteries Near Meeting House Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meeting House Hill.
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 Meeting House Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meeting House Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
St. Augustine Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Forest Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
New Calvary Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hebrew Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale . The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Old Calvary Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149537 <2>
Oak Lawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale . The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Oaklawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <2>
Milton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Kings Chapel Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (618 more) ...
Granary Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granary Burying Ground To give a relative sense of its location, the Granary Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located in Boston . The Granary Burying Ground has also been known as:
The Old Granary Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.802 <1>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91030 <2>
Central Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Brookline Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Meeting House Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meeting House Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meeting House Hill, with the one closest to Meeting House Hill listed first.
Mount Bowdoin (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Fields Corner (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner Savin Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Cedar Grove (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Mattapan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan South Boston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mount Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Continue List (15 more) ...
Roslindale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Clarendon Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Clarendon Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon Hills East Milton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meeting House Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meeting House Hill .
Newspapers Published in Meeting House Hill ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meeting House Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meeting House Hill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Meeting House Hill.
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 websites either 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 Meeting House Hill:
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 Meeting House Hill. 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 Meeting House Hill, 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- Meeting House Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.