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Welcome to Morningdale ...

Morningdale is located in Worcester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morningdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Morningdale is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Morningdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Morningdale - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Morningdale.

Communities near Morningdale ...

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

  • Worcester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Worcester is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184,570 people
  • Framingham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Framingham is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
  • Leominster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Leominster is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
  • Fitchburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
  • Marlborough
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
  • Milford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
  • Hudson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hudson is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
  • Sudbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sudbury is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
  • Holden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holden is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,259 people
  • Grafton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 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 Morningdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Morningdale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Morningdale. 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 Morningdale.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morningdale ...

Looking for more information about Morningdale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Morningdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Morningdale.

Adding Morningdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morningdale 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 Morningdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Morningdale post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morningdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morningdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/