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 Pattenville (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 Pattenville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Pattenville 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 Pattenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pattenville:
Middlesex County (The home county of Pattenville)
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Tewksbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
Billerica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billerica Population from the 2020 Census: 43,021 people
North Billerica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
North Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica Pinehurst (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pinehurst is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst Wilmington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
Nutting Lake (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Nutting Lake is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutting Lake Bedford Springs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bedford Springs is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs West Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
West Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village Ayres City (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ayres City is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City Burlington (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Burlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 28,432 people
Lowell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Lowell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
Bedford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bedford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Population from the 2020 Census: 14,053 people
Chelmsford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Haggetts (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Lowell Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Andover (6 miles [9.7 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
West Andover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
West Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover Shawsheen Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Shawsheen Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsheen Village Lynnfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Lawrence (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Lawrence is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
North Andover (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
North Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
Brigadoon Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Middleton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Middleton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
Howe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Howe is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Methuen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Methuen is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
Boxford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Boxford is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford Population from the 2020 Census: 8,331 people
Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Brookline Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Wellesley Farms (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Babson Park (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Needham Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Westbrook Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Needham (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Charles River Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Milton Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Dedham (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Dover (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Hull (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Franklin Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Revere (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Allston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Brighton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Charlestown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Chelsea (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Bay Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Boston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston South Boston (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Winthrop (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Jamaica Plain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Point Shirley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Shaker Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harvard (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Bolton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Still River (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Seventh Day Adventist Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Berlin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Fayville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Lancaster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
Lunenburg Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station North Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
North Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Carterville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Clinton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Clinton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,952 people
Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Pelham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
Hudson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
Nashua (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
Hollis Depot (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
Litchfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack East Merrimack (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack Brookline (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Merrimack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry East Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford Milford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Salem (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Windham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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>
North Salem (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Atkinson (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Plaistow (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Westville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Hampstead (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hubbard (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Derry (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Derry is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Population from the 2020 Census: 33,442 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
Londonderry (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Derry Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Derry Village is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village Newton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pattenville, see our County-by-County Page for Pattenville .
Cemeteries Near Pattenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pattenville.
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 Pattenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pattenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
Fox Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pine Branch Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Town Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Tewksbury Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Tewksbury Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tewksbury . The Tewksbury Cemetery has also been known as:
New Center Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977976 <2>
Old Corner Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Corner Burying Ground The Old Corner Burying Ground has also been known as:
Old Corner Cemetery Tewksbury State Hospital Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Old Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
North Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery The North Cemetery has also been known as:
Old North Cemetery South Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wildwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Kendall Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Clark Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery The Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
Northwest Cemetery Continue List (603 more) ...
Lowell Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Edson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Westlawn II Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn II Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn II Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lowell . The Westlawn II Cemetery has also been known as:
West Lawn II Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185020 <2>
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 Pattenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pattenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pattenville, with the one closest to Pattenville listed first.
East Billerica (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Billerica Silver Lake (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Silver Lake is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Billerica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billerica Population from the 2020 Census: 43,021 people
North Billerica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
North Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica Tewksbury (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
Wilmington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
North Wilmington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
North Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilmington Wilmington Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Wilmington Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Junction Wamesit ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wamesit is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamesit Riverside (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Riverside is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside South Billerica (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
South Billerica is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Billerica Bedford Springs (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bedford Springs is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs Continue List (13 more) ...
Lowell Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Haggetts (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Burlington (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Burlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 28,432 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pattenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pattenville .
Newspapers Published in Pattenville ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pattenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pattenville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Pattenville.
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 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 Pattenville:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pattenville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 . 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 Pattenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pattenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.