Do you know of Middlesex ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Middlesex. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Middlesex.<1>

We found mention of Middlesex as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Communities Also Named Middlesex ...

We found nine communities that share the name Middlesex.

Within Massachusetts, the name Middlesex is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Middlesex [Baltimore County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Middlesex.
- New Jersey
  - Middlesex County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Middlesex [Middlesex County].
- New York
  - Yates County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Middlesex [Yates County].
- North Carolina
  - Nash County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Middlesex [Nash County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Middlesex [Ashtabula County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Middlesex [Cumberland County].
- Vermont
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Middlesex [Washington County].
- Virginia
  - Accomack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Middlesex [Accomack County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Middlesex ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Middlesex:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Middlesex - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Middlesex.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/41025 (Place Name: Middlesex (Middlesex Village))

County: Middlesex (FIPS State/County: 25/017)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Middlesex) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Acton Center	Nashoba
Assabet	North Acton Junction
Atherton	North Cambridge Junction
Ayer Center	North Framingham
Ayer Junction	North Littleton
	North Somerville
Beaver Brook	North Sommerville
Bell Rock	North Waltham
Bennett Hall	North Woburn Junction
Billerica Center
Broadway	Oakland
Brookside	Ordway
Burtt's
	Park Street
Cabot	Peperell Station
Cedar Hill Camp	Pepperell Center
Center	Pierces Bridge
Chemistry	Pogus
Cherry Brook	Point of Pines
Chery Brook	Prospect Hill
City Farm
Clematis Brook	Roberts
Cold Spring	Rock Bottom
College Hill
Concord Junction	Salem Junction
	Sandy Pond
Dunstable Station	Saugus River Junction
	Shirley Compact
East Chelmsford	Shirley Station
East Everett	Shirley Village
East Sudbury	Shirleyville
East Woburn	Somerville Highlands
Ellsworth	Somerville Junction
Everett Junction	South Farmingham
	South Framingham
Fellsway	South Groton
Feltonsville	South Malden
Fitchburg Crossing	South Reading
Framingham Centre	South Waltham
Framingham Junction	South Woburn
Fresh Pond	Stevens
	Stony Brook
Golden Cove	Sudbury Center
Groton Center
Groton Junction	Tewksbury Center
	Townsend Center
Harvard Square	Turnpike
Harwood
Hill's Crossing	Union Market
Hopkinton Center	Union Square
Hudson Center
	Wakefield Center
Inman Square	Waltham North
	Warnerville
Kearney Square	Wayland Center
Kendall Square	Wayside Inn
	West Billerica
Lake Street	West Cambridge
Lockerville	West Littleton
	West Marlborough
Malden Station	West Watertown
Medford Junction	West Woburn
Middlesex Junction	Westvale
Mirror Lake	Whitman's Crossing
Mount Suburn	Whittenton
Munroe	Wigginsville
Mystic Junction	Wilmington Station
	Winmere

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Middlesex could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.