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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rogersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rogersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rogersville, 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 Rogersville (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 Rogersville. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rogersville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Rogersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rogersville:
- Middlesex County (The home county of Rogersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- West Townsend
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Old City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Ashby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Townsend Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Pepperell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- West Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Babbatasset Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Paper Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- East Pepperell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Groton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Haggetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haggetts is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts
- Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- Lowell Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lowell Junction is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction
- Methuen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Methuen is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Tozier Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- West Andover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- North Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Tully
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- Mayo Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Warwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Millington ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Morse Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Lunenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Fitchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- South Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- Blackburn Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- Lunenburg Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg Station
- Ashburnham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Leominster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leominster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
- Lane Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- South Ashburnham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,091 people
- Pequoig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- East Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Princeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Princeton
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Rindge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Fitzwilliam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Harrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Swanzey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <2>
- Brookline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Ipswich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Hollis Depot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- West Wilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Wilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <2>
- Temple
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Temple is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <2>
- East Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Milford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milford
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- South Hooksett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Londonderry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Derry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Derry Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- North Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Hubbard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rogersville, see our County-by-County Page for Rogersville.
Cemeteries Near Rogersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogersville.
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 Rogersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rogersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Townsend Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southeast of Lunenburg.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #LUN.801 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91720 <4>
- West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southwest of Fitchburg.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Forest Hill Cemetery (located 63 miles to the north).
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #FIT.804 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90989 <4>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Rogersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rogersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
- West Townsend
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Ashby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Lunenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,810 people
- Townsend Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Fitchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <2>
- South Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fitchburg
- West Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fitchburg
- West Leominster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leominster
- West Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Pepperell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brookline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashburnham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- North Leominster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Leominster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leominster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rogersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rogersville.
Newspapers Published in Rogersville ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogersville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogersville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Rogersville:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Middlesex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Worcester County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham 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 Rogersville, 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> | 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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| <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> | 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- Rogersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |