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 Muschopauge (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 Muschopauge. 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.
Muschopauge is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Tolland (CT), Windham (CT), Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Cheshire (NH), Hillsborough (NH) & Providence (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Muschopauge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Muschopauge:
- Worcester County (The home county of Muschopauge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Ruralville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ruralville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralville
- Rutland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,024 people
- North Rutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rutland
- Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Princeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,486 people
- Holden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holden is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,259 people
- Paxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,008 people
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- East Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Princeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Princeton
- Hubbardston Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbardston Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston Station
- Hubbardston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbardston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Millington ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Smiths ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- New Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Morse Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- North Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Tully
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Cooleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Shutesbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Wendell Depot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Wendell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Locks Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- Hampden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Brimfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- West Brimfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Thorndike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Palmer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- Tenneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tenneyville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville
- Three Rivers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Wales
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
- Monson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
- North Wilbraham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
- South Factory Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Ware
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Pelham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Bondsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Belchertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
- West Pelham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- East Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Amherst Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
- Amherst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
- South Amherst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Shaker Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Devens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Marlborough Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction
- Marlborough
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Ashby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Old City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Ayer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- West Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Boxborough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Boxborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Quinebaug
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fabyan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson
- East Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Grosvenor Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,371 people
- Grosvenor Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,834 people
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Rindge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Rindge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jaffrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- New Ipswich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brookline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Hollis Depot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Temple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <1>
- Hollis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
- West Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Muschopauge, see our County-by-County Page for Muschopauge.
Cemeteries Near Muschopauge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Muschopauge.
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 Muschopauge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Muschopauge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Worthington Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Rutland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Avee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Holden.
- The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SPE.802 <2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164241 <3>
- Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Holden.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #HOL.802 <2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91044 <3>
- Boylston Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Sterling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakham Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Muschopauge had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Muschopauge, with the one closest to Muschopauge listed first.
- Brooks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Rutland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,024 people
- North Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Woods is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woods
- Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Quinapoxet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quinapoxet is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinapoxet
- Princeton Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Princeton Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Station
- North Rutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rutland
- West Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rutland
- Holden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holden is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,259 people
- Princeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,486 people
- Paxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,008 people
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oakdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- West Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sterling
- Hubbardston Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbardston Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Muschopauge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Muschopauge.
Newspapers Published in Muschopauge ...
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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Muschopauge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Muschopauge, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Muschopauge.
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 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 Muschopauge:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Muschopauge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Muschopauge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |