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 North Village (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 North Village. 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.
North Village 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 North Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Village:
- Worcester County (The home county of North Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- South Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Still River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- Seventh Day Adventist Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pratts Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pratts Junction is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Junction
- Lunenburg Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Bolton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,166 people
- Harvard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
- Boylston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boylston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,728 people
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Haggetts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haggetts is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
- Lowell Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell Junction is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction
- West Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
- Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- Shawsheen Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Shaker Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Devens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Ayer
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Boxborough
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Stow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stow is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
- Lower Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lower Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- West Groton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Littleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,253 people
- Centre Village ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centre Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Village
- Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Marlborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Wellesley Farms
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms
- Wellesley Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills
- Wellesley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wellesley is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
- Babson Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Babson Park is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park
- Charles River Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
- Needham Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights
- Needham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Needham is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
- Medway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Medway is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
- Millis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millis is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
- Medfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Medfield is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Bellingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bellingham is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Allston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- West Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury
- Jamaica Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain
- Roslindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roslindale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Rindge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Hollis Depot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Brookline
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hollis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Mason
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Ipswich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
- South Merrimack
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
- East Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford
- Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,515 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
- Temple
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Pelham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
- Rockingham County (NH)
- Windham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,865 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Village, see our County-by-County Page for North Village.
Cemeteries Near North Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Village.
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 North Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- North Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Middle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Middle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. John's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastwood Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Clinton.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOL.806 <4>
- Eastwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (546 more) ...
- Brick Tavern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Village had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Village, with the one closest to North Village listed first.
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
- South Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Lancaster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lancaster
- Still River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Still River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
- Gates Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gates Crossing is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Crossing
- Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,166 people
- Lunenburg Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Bolton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
- Boylston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boylston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,728 people
- West Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berlin
- Harvard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
- Harvard Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Station
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- North Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leominster
- Shirley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Leominster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Village.
Newspapers Published in North Village ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Village, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 North Village:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham 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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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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| <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 North Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |