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 Morseville (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 Morseville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Morseville is located in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County : Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , Worcester & Hillsborough (NH) .
Below are the counties that are near Morseville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morseville:
Middlesex County (The home county of Morseville)
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Natick (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Sherborn (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
South Sherborn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn North Natick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Cochituate (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Framingham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Saxonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Saxonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonville East Holliston (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Holliston (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
Newton Lower Falls (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Ashland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Auburndale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Auburndale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale Eliot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Mansfield (16 miles [25.7 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
North Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton North Attleboro (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
East Mansfield (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Attleboro Falls (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Easton Center (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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 southeast)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village South Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Attleboro (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Norton (21 miles [33.8 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
Chartley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Attleborough City (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Cliftondale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (24 miles [38.6 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
Lynnfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Nahant (24 miles [38.6 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
East Lynn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Lowell Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Swampscott (26 miles [41.8 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
West Peabody (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Haggetts (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Brigadoon Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Dover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Charles River Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Wellesley Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Needham (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Babson Park (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Wellesley Farms (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Medfield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Needham Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Millis (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Millis is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
Westwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Westwood is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Population from the 2020 Census: 16,384 people
Dedham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Medway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Medway is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Montello (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Brockton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
North Abington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Hull (22 miles [35.4 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
West Hingham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Abington (22 miles [35.4 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
Cochesett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Bayside (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Hingham (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
Kenberma (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Rockland (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
West Bridgewater (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Accord (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Highland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Readville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Stonybrook Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Hyde Park (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Roslindale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Brighton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Jamaica Plain (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mattapan Station (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Allston (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Roxbury (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Ashmont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Fayville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (9 miles [14.5 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 (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (12 miles [19.3 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
Hopedale (13 miles [20.9 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
South Milford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford White City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Westborough (13 miles [20.9 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
Upton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,088 people
Mendon (15 miles [24.1 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Northborough (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Northborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
Windham County (CT)
East Thompson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Hamlet (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Cumberland Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Cumberland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Branch Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Albion (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Slatersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Union Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village North Smithfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield Population from the 2020 Census: 12,576 people
North Smithfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morseville, see our County-by-County Page for Morseville .
Cemeteries Near Morseville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morseville.
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 Morseville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morseville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Pine Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Central Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Indian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Farm Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Glenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Dell Park Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Patricks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Patricks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Plain Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the west)
New South Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Brush Hill Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Clara Barton Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Continue List (702 more) ...
Sherborn Reformatory for Women - Annex Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
West Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Morseville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morseville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morseville, with the one closest to Morseville listed first.
Natick (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Sherborn (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
South Natick (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
South Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Natick South Sherborn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Whitneys (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Whitneys is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneys North Natick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Dover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Cochituate (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Medfield Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Medfield Junction is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Junction Charles River Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Wellesley Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Framingham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
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East Holliston (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Holliston (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
Medfield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morseville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morseville .
Newspapers Published in Morseville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morseville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morseville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> . A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morseville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Morseville:
Websites specific to Massachusetts
Pages specific to Middlesex County
Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County
Essex County
Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Suffolk County
Worcester County
Windham County
Providence County
Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morseville. 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 . 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.
<2>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 .
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morseville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Morseville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.