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 Reading Highlands (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 Reading Highlands. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Reading Highlands 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 Reading Highlands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reading Highlands:
Middlesex County (The home county of Reading Highlands)
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Reading (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
West Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
West Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village Lindenwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Walnut Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Wakefield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Montrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Montrose is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose North Reading (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
North Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
Wilmington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
Montvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Stoneham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Woburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Lynnfield (3 miles [4.8 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
West Peabody (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Brigadoon Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Middleton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Middleton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
Lowell Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Pleasant Hills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Howe (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Howe is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Cliftondale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale West Lynn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Beaver Brook ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Beaver Brook is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook Hathorne (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Hathorne is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathorne Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Brookline Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (13 miles [20.9 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
Westbrook Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Wellesley Farms (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Milton Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Needham Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (17 miles [27.4 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
Babson Park (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Wellesley Hills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills East Milton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Hull (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Minot (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate North Abington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Montello (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Rockland (29 miles [46.7 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
Norwell (29 miles [46.7 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
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Franklin Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Chelsea (9 miles [14.5 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
Revere (9 miles [14.5 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
Charlestown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Allston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Boston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Bay Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Brighton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Winthrop (12 miles [19.3 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
South Boston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Point Shirley (13 miles [20.9 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 Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Shaker Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harvard (24 miles [38.6 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
Fayville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (25 miles [40.2 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
Bolton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Still River (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Cordaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Seventh Day Adventist Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Carterville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Lancaster (28 miles [45.1 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
North Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
North Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Pelham (18 miles [29 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 (23 miles [37 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 (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack East Merrimack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack Merrimack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Salem (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Westville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Atkinson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Plaistow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Windham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hampstead (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Newton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
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>
Hubbard (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard South Hampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Danville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reading Highlands, see our County-by-County Page for Reading Highlands .
Cemeteries Near Reading Highlands ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reading Highlands.
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 Reading Highlands - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reading Highlands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Laurel Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Temple Israel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lakeside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Forest Glen Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Old Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Lindenwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Patricks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Old Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Forest Glade Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Woodbrook Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbrook Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbrook Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woburn . The Woodbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
Salem Street Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.805 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91872 <3>
Meretz Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Continue List (593 more) ...
Old Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Harmony Vale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Park Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Reading Highlands had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reading Highlands, with the one closest to Reading Highlands listed first.
Reading (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
South Wilmington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
South Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wilmington North Woburn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
North Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woburn Mishawum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Walnut Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Lindenwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Farm Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Farm Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill Wakefield Junction (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Junction Wakefield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Central Square (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Central Square is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Square Woburn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Woburn Highlands (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Woburn Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Highlands Continue List (18 more) ...
Montvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Stoneham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Greenwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Greenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reading Highlands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reading Highlands .
Newspapers Published in Reading Highlands ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reading Highlands.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reading Highlands, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Reading Highlands.
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 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 Reading Highlands:
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 Reading Highlands. 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 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 . 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 . 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 Reading Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Reading Highlands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.