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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Prescott. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Prescott to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prescott, please Contact Us.
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 Prescott (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 Prescott. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Prescott is historic, it would have been located within present day Franklin 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 Franklin County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Worcester, Cheshire (NH) & Windham (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Prescott. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prescott:
- Franklin County (The home county of Prescott)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Smiths ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smiths is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Cooleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Shutesbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Millington ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- New Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Leverett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leverett is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
- Locks Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- Moores Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Corner
- Morse Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Wendell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Sunderland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
- Montague
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montague is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
- Hampden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Thorndike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- Three Rivers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Ludlow City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow City is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow City
- West Brimfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Palmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- Tenneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tenneyville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville
- Ludlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,101 people
- North Wilbraham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
- Indian Orchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Orchard is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Brimfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- Aldenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aldenville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Holyoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holyoke is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,921 people
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Pelham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- West Pelham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- East Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Belchertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
- South Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Amherst Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
- Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
- North Amherst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst
- Ware
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Bondsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Granby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Granby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Greenwich Village ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwich Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
- Greenwich ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Dana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- North Dana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dana
- Hardwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Gilbertville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Wheelwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wheelwright is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Petersham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petersham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,237 people
- Barre Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barre Plains is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains
- Barre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,574 people
- Heald Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Heald Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heald Village
- Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Sherwood Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
- Hazardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hazardville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
- Enfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
- Rising Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner
- Thompsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- State Line
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Staffordville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Somersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stafford Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ashuelot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rindge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Rindge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- South Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,102 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prescott, see our County-by-County Page for Prescott.
Cemeteries Near Prescott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prescott.
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 Prescott - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prescott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Munsell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shutesbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Shutesbury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91835 <4>
- Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dwight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Vale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vale Cemetery
- The Lake Vale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Metacomet Cemetery
- Pond Hill Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BLC.804 <5>
- Quabbin Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Miles Holden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nichewaug Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coolidge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Prescott in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prescott.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Greenwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Pelham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Cooleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Dana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- North Dana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dana
- Shutesbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Dwight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dwight is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Millington ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- West Pelham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- Hardwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Nichewaug ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nichewaug is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichewaug
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- South Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Belchertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prescott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prescott.
Newspapers Published in Prescott ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prescott.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prescott, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prescott.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Prescott:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Worcester County
- Hartford County
- Tolland County
- Cheshire County
- Windham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Prescott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Prescott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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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