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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 Miles Standish Park (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 Miles Standish Park. 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.
Name Variations for Miles Standish Park ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Miles Standish Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Miles Standish Park may originally have been Mile's Standish Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Miles Standish Park might be written as Mile Standish Park.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Miles Standish Park is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.
Below are the counties that are near Miles Standish Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miles Standish Park:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Miles Standish Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Island Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- South Duxbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Duxbury
- Kingston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- Duxbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,932 people
- North Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- Green Harbor - Cedar Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashdod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ashdod is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdod
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- Marshfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,037 people
- Green Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Harbor is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor
- Brant Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brant Rock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Rock
- Ocean Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Bluff is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bluff
- Chiltonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Bourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Buzzards Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Sagamore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
- Monument Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Sandwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- East Sandwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- Pocasset
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Plowed Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- Cataumet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
- Forestdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- North Falmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- Silver Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- East Taunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Raynham Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Raynham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- South Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Easton Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- North Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- East Freetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Long Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Weir Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- Furnace Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Taunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Berkley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berkley is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,900 people
- Essex County
- Nahant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Beechwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Cohasset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- South Weymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Weymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- Holbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- North Cohasset
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Weymouth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- Avon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- Weymouth Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- Braintree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- North Weymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Neponset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Ashmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Mattapan Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
- Mattapan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
- Dorchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Hyde Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Point Shirley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Readville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Savin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Stonybrook Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
- Roslindale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roslindale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale
- Roxbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- South Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miles Standish Park, see our County-by-County Page for Miles Standish Park.
Cemeteries Near Miles Standish Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miles Standish Park.
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 Miles Standish Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miles Standish Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Myles Standish Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grave of Myles Standish
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mayflower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Episcopal Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dingley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parting Ways Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sarcophagus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- Ashdod Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sachem Lodge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Miles Standish Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Miles Standish Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Miles Standish Park, with the one closest to Miles Standish Park listed first.
- Island Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Kingston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- Duxbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,932 people
- Millbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- North Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Duxbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Duxbury
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- West Duxbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duxbury
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Green Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Harbor is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Harbor
- East Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Pembroke is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pembroke
- Marshfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshfield is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,037 people
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Plympton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plympton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
- East Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
- Chiltonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miles Standish Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miles Standish Park.
Newspapers Published in Miles Standish Park ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miles Standish Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miles Standish Park, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miles Standish Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Miles Standish Park:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- Essex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | 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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| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miles Standish Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Miles Standish Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |