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 Neponset (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 Neponset. 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 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.
Neponset is located in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Neponset. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neponset:
Suffolk County (The home county of Neponset)
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Savin Hill (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Mattapan Station (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan South Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Jamaica Plain (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Bay Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Hyde Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Roslindale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Boston (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
North Easton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Furnace Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village East Mansfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Norton (23 miles [37 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
Raynham (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Raynham is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
Chartley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham Center (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Raynham Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center Attleboro Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Cliftondale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Nahant (11 miles [17.7 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
Saugus (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
East Lynn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (14 miles [22.5 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
Clifton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Lynnfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Peabody (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Marblehead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Marblehead is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
Salem (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Cambridgeport (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Chestnut Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Somerville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Somerville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
Cambridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
Everett (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Wellington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Huron Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Eliot (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Centre (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Newton Highlands (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Edgeworth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Malden (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Malden is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
Medford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
East Milton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Montclair (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Norfolk Downs (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Wollaston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Milton Village (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Milton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
West Quincy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Quincy (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Brookline Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Braintree (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Braintree is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
Quincy Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point North Weymouth (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Hull (7 miles [11.3 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
Bayside (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Hingham (8 miles [12.9 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 (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma West Hingham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Montello (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Rockland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Abington (13 miles [20.9 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
Minot (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Brockton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Fayville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (26 miles [41.8 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
South Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Hopedale (27 miles [43.5 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
White City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Mendon (28 miles [45.1 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
East Blackstone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millerville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Millerville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Chapinville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Upton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,088 people
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cumberland Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Hamlet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neponset, see our County-by-County Page for Neponset .
Cemeteries Near Neponset ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neponset.
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 Neponset - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neponset covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hebrew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Milton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Josephs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Mary's Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hall Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in West Quincy . The Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
Hall Place Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #QUI.804 <1>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214787 <2>
Oak Lawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale . The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Oaklawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <2>
Quincy Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Christ Church Burial Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Christ Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hancock Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (612 more) ...
Adams Crypt (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Neponset had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neponset, with the one closest to Neponset listed first.
Cedar Grove (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont East Milton (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Savin Hill (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill Wollaston (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Fields Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Mount Bowdoin (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Mattapan (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Milton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
West Quincy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Quincy (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Continue List (19 more) ...
South Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Roxbury (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Jamaica Plain (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neponset. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neponset .
Newspapers Published in Neponset ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neponset.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neponset, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Neponset.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Neponset:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Neponset. 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 . 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 . 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 Neponset, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neponset) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.