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 Savin Hill (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 Savin Hill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Savin Hill is located in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County : Essex , Middlesex & Norfolk .
Below are the counties that are near Savin Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Savin Hill:
Suffolk County (The home county of Savin Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester South Boston (Less than 2 miles to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Bay Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
Mattapan Station (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Charlestown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown East Boston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Allston (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
North Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton South Easton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Easton Center (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
East Mansfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Furnace Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Mansfield (21 miles [33.8 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
Norton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 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
Chartley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Raynham Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Raynham Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center North Attleboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Attleboro Falls (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Cliftondale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
Nahant (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 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 East Lynn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Lynn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
Swampscott (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Swampscott is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
Clifton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Clifton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Lynnfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Marblehead (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Marblehead is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
Peabody (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
Salem (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Cambridgeport (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport Cambridge (5 miles [8 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
Somerville (5 miles [8 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
Chestnut Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Everett (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Everett is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
Wellington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Huron Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Huron Village is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village Edgeworth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth Malden (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Malden is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
Medford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Medford is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
Eliot (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Centre (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Newton Highlands (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Brookline Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
East Milton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Milton Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Norfolk Downs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs Wollaston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Milton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
West Quincy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
West Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy Westbrook Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Quincy (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Quincy is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
Braintree (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Braintree is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
Quincy Point (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Hull (7 miles [11.3 km] 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 (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (9 miles [14.5 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord North Abington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Montello (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Rockland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Minot (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot Abington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
North Scituate (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Brockton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Fayville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Southville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Hopedale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
South Milford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford White City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Chapinville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Westborough (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
East Blackstone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Berlin (29 miles [46.7 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
Bolton (29 miles [46.7 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
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Savin Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Savin Hill .
Cemeteries Near Savin Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Savin Hill.
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 Savin Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Savin Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
St. Augustine Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Forest Hills Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hebrew Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Central Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale . The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Old Calvary Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149537 <1>
Oak Lawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale . The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
Oaklawn Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <1>
New Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Milton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Continue List (614 more) ...
Kings Chapel Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copp's Hill Burying Ground The Copp's Hill Burying Ground has also been known as:
Copp's Hill Burial Ground Copp's Hill Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.808 <2>
Granary Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granary Burying Ground To give a relative sense of its location, the Granary Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located in Boston . The Granary Burying Ground has also been known as:
The Old Granary Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.802 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91030 <1>
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, Savin Hill had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Savin Hill, with the one closest to Savin Hill listed first.
Dorchester (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Dorchester is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester Fields Corner (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner Mount Bowdoin (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mount Bowdoin is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bowdoin Ashmont (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Neponset (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Neponset is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset South Boston (Less than 2 miles to the north)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Roxbury (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Cedar Grove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cedar Grove is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Jamaica Plain (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mount Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hope is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Mattapan (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan East Cambridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Cambridge is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cambridge Continue List (23 more) ...
East Milton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Milton is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton Wollaston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Wollaston is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Savin Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Savin Hill .
Newspapers Published in Savin Hill ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Savin Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Savin Hill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Savin Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Savin Hill:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Suffolk County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Savin Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> 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 . 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 . 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 Savin Hill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Savin Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.