Do you know of Prospect Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Prospect Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Prospect Hill.<1>

We found mention of Prospect Hill as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Communities Also Named Prospect Hill ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Prospect Hill.

There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Prospect Hill.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Prospect Hill [Plymouth County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
  - Fairfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Prospect Hill [Fairfield County].
  - Hartford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Prospect Hill [Hartford County].
- Iowa
  - Des Moines County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Prospect Hill [Des Moines County].
- Kansas
  - Washington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prospect Hill [Washington County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Prospect Hill [Saint Louis County].
- New York
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Prospect Hill [Orange County].
  - Saratoga County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Prospect Hill [Saratoga County].
- North Carolina
  - Caswell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Prospect Hill [Caswell County].
- Ohio
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Prospect Hill [Delaware County].
  - Gallia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Prospect Hill [Gallia County].
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Prospect Hill [Hamilton County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Prospect Hill.
- Pennsylvania
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Prospect Hill [Jefferson County].
  - Lackawanna County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Prospect Hill [Lackawanna County].
- Tennessee
  - Cannon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Prospect Hill [Cannon County].
- Vermont
  - Rutland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Prospect Hill [Rutland County].
- Virginia
  - Fairfax County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Prospect Hill [Fairfax County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prospect Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prospect Hill:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prospect Hill - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Acton Center
Assabet	Nashoba
Atherton	North Acton Junction
Ayer Center	North Cambridge Junction
Ayer Junction	North Framingham
	North Littleton
Beaver Brook	North Somerville
Bell Rock	North Sommerville
Bennett Hall	North Waltham
Billerica Center	North Woburn Junction
Broadway
Brookside	Oakland
Burtt's	Ordway

Cabot	Park Street
Cedar Hill Camp	Peperell Station
Center	Pepperell Center
Chemistry	Pierces Bridge
Cherry Brook	Pogus
Chery Brook	Point of Pines
City Farm
Clematis Brook	Roberts
Cold Spring	Rock Bottom
College Hill
Concord Junction	Salem Junction
	Sandy Pond
Dunstable Station	Saugus River Junction
	Shirley Compact
East Chelmsford	Shirley Station
East Everett	Shirley Village
East Sudbury	Shirleyville
East Woburn	Somerville Highlands
Ellsworth	Somerville Junction
Everett Junction	South Farmingham
	South Framingham
Fellsway	South Groton
Feltonsville	South Malden
Fitchburg Crossing	South Reading
Framingham Centre	South Waltham
Framingham Junction	South Woburn
Fresh Pond	Stevens
	Stony Brook
Golden Cove	Sudbury Center
Groton Center
Groton Junction	Tewksbury Center
	Townsend Center
Harvard Square	Turnpike
Harwood
Hill's Crossing	Union Market
Hopkinton Center	Union Square
Hudson Center
	Wakefield Center
Inman Square	Waltham North
	Warnerville
Kearney Square	Wayland Center
Kendall Square	Wayside Inn
	West Billerica
Lake Street	West Cambridge
Lockerville	West Littleton
	West Marlborough
Malden Station	West Watertown
Medford Junction	West Woburn
Middlesex Junction	Westvale
Middlesex	Whitman's Crossing
Mirror Lake	Whittenton
Mount Suburn	Wigginsville
Munroe	Wilmington Station
Mystic Junction	Winmere

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Prospect Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.