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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 Sheldonville (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 Sheldonville. 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.

Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County.

To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Norfolk County: Bristol, Middlesex, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester & Providence (RI).

Below are the counties that are near Sheldonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sheldonville:

  • Norfolk County     (The home county of Sheldonville)
  • Bristol County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • North Attleboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Attleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro
      • North Attleboro is located in Bristol County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
    • Attleboro Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleboro Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls
      • Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County
    • Attleborough City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleborough City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City
      • Attleborough City is located in Bristol County
    • Mansfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Attleboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • East Mansfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • North Seekonk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Seekonk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk
      • North Seekonk is located in Bristol County
    • Briggs Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chartley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chartley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley
      • Chartley is located in Bristol County
    • Norton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Furnace Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
      • Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
    • Easton Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Middlesex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Metcalf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Holliston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • East Holliston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hayden Row
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sherborn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hopkinton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Framingham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Middlesex County
    • Natick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • North Natick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cochituate
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Plymouth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Cochesett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cochesett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett
      • Cochesett is located in Plymouth County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cochesett
      • From Sheldonville to Cochesett
    • Brockton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • West Bridgewater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bridgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
      • West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
    • Montello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Bridgewater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Elmwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
      • Elmwood is located in Plymouth County
    • East Bridgewater
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Abington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • North Abington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Paper Mill Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
      • Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County
    • Whitman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Whitman is located in Plymouth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
    • Namasket Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Namasket Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village
      • Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County
  • Suffolk County
  • Worcester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Millerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Blackstone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • South Milford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackstone
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone
      • Blackstone is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
    • Mendon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Worcester County
    • Millville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
      • Millville is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
    • Hopedale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
      • Hopedale is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
    • Milford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Uxbridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uxbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge
      • Uxbridge is located in Worcester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
    • Linwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Worcester County
    • North Uxbridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Windham County (CT)
  • Bristol County (RI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Annawomscutt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Barrington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Barrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barrington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
      • Barrington is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
    • Warren
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Warren is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
    • Bristol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
    • Coggeshall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Bristol
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Kent County (RI)
  • Newport County (RI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Tiverton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton
      • Tiverton is located in Newport County (RI)
    • Portsmouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Bliss Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Providence County (RI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.
    • Burnt Swamp Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Arnold Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumberland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
    • Cumberland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI)
    • Albion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamlet
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamlet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hamlet
      • From Sheldonville to Hamlet
    • Woonsocket
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Berkeley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lime Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Providence County (RI)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,941 people
    • Branch Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Washington County (RI)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sheldonville, see our County-by-County Page for Sheldonville.

Cemeteries Near Sheldonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheldonville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sheldonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sheldonville had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sheldonville, with the one closest to Sheldonville listed first.

  • West Wrentham
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wrentham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wrentham
    • West Wrentham is located in Norfolk County
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Diamond Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
    • Diamond Hill is located in Providence County (RI)
  • Arnold Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Plainville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
    • Plainville is located in Norfolk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
  • Wrentham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • North Attleboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Attleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro
    • North Attleboro is located in Bristol County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
  • Unionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Norfolk County
  • South Bellingham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bellingham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bellingham
    • South Bellingham is located in Norfolk County
  • Cumberland Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbott Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbott Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Run
    • Abbott Run is located in Providence County (RI)
  • Attleboro Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attleboro Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls
    • Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • City Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Mills
      • City Mills is located in Norfolk County
    • Bellingham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woonsocket
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sheldonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sheldonville.

Newspapers Published in Sheldonville ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheldonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheldonville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sheldonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sheldonville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sheldonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Norfolk County: www.norfolkcounty.org/

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.

<5>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.
<6>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 Sheldonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheldonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheldonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0344, Longitude: -71.3880    









 

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