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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 Pemberton (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 Pemberton. 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 hospitals and 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.

Pemberton is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.

Below are the counties that are near Pemberton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pemberton:

  • Plymouth County     (The home county of Pemberton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • Hull
      (Less than 2 miles 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
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Bayside is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
    • Kenberma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
    • Hingham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Hingham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
    • West Hingham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
    • North Scituate
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
    • Accord
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Accord is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
    • Minot
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Minot is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
    • Norwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwell is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
    • North Abington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • North Abington is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
    • Rockland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Rockland is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
    • Greenbush
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • Bristol County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • North Easton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • North Easton is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
    • South Easton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • South Easton is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
    • Easton Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Easton Center is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
    • Easton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Easton is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
    • Furnace Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
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    • East Mansfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
    • Mansfield
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Raynham
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Raynham Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
    • Norton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Norton is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
    • East Taunton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • East Taunton is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
    • Chartley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chartley is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • Nahant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Nahant is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
    • Cliftondale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cliftondale is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
    • East Lynn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • East Lynn is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
    • Lynn
      (11 miles [17.7 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
    • Swampscott
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Swampscott is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
    • West Lynn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Lynn is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
    • Pleasant Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Saugus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Saugus is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
    • Clifton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Marblehead
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Marblehead is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
    • Salem
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Salem is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
    • West Town Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • West Town Landing is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • Everett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Everett is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
    • Somerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Somerville is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
    • Cambridgeport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
    • Cambridge
      (11 miles [17.7 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
    • Edgeworth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
    • Malden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Malden is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
    • Wellington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wellington is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
    • Huron Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
    • Medford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Medford is located in Middlesex County
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
    • Wyoming
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Chestnut Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Melrose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Melrose is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
  • Norfolk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • North Weymouth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
    • North Cohasset
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
    • Weymouth Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
    • Norfolk Downs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs
    • Quincy Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
    • Quincy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
    • Wollaston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wollaston is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston
    • East Weymouth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
    • Weymouth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
    • West Quincy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Quincy is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy
    • Montclair
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Montclair is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
    • Braintree
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
  • Suffolk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.
    • Point Shirley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
    • Winthrop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
    • Neponset
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Neponset is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
    • East Boston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Boston is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
    • Ashmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
    • Dorchester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Savin Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
    • South Boston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • South Boston is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
    • Boston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Boston is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
    • Charlestown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Charlestown is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
    • Chelsea
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
    • Bay Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
  • Worcester County
    • Fayville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fayville is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pemberton, see our County-by-County Page for Pemberton.

Cemeteries Near Pemberton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pemberton.

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 Pemberton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pemberton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.

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, Pemberton had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pemberton, with the one closest to Pemberton listed first.

  • Hull
    (Less than 2 miles 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
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bayside is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
  • Kenberma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
  • North Weymouth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
  • West Hingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
  • Hingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hingham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
  • North Cohasset
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
  • Wollaston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wollaston is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston
  • Quincy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
  • Quincy Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
  • Weymouth Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
  • Hingham Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hingham Center is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Center
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Winthrop Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winthrop Beach is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Beach
    • Winthrop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
    • Neponset
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Neponset is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pemberton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pemberton.

Newspapers Published in Pemberton ...

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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pemberton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pemberton, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pemberton.

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 Pemberton:

Footnotes ...

<1>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Pemberton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Pemberton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.