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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 South Carver (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 South Carver. 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.

Name Variations for South Carver ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for South Carver: S. Carver

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

South Carver is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.

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

  • Plymouth County     (The home county of South Carver)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver listed first.
    • Cranberry Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
    • Pine Tree Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
    • Carver
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Carver is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
    • South Meadow Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
    • West Wareham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
    • Water View Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Water View Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water View Village
    • South Middleboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Wareham Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Wareham Center is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham Center
    • Wareham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
    • Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Carver
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Wareham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
    • Onset Station
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnstable County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver listed first.
    • Buzzards Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
    • Bourne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bourne is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
    • Monument Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
    • Sagamore Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
    • Pocasset
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sagamore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
    • Cataumet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
    • North Falmouth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
    • Sandwich
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • East Sandwich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forestdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bristol County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver listed first.
    • Long Plain
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Freetown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Acushnet Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Acushnet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Acushnet is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
    • Braleys
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • East Taunton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Acushnet Station ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Acushnet Station is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Station
    • Freetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairhaven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
    • Assonet ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Assonet is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assonet
    • Raynham Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
    • Berkley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Berkley is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,900 people
  • Dukes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver listed first.
    • Gosnold
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gosnold is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnold
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • West Chop
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • West Chop is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chop
    • Tisbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Vineyard Haven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Christian Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Christian Town is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Town
    • Oak Bluffs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cuttyhunk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cuttyhunk is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttyhunk
    • North Tisbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Norfolk County
  • Bristol County (RI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver listed first.
    • Coggeshall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bristol is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
    • Warren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Warren is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
    • Warren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Barrington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Barrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Barrington is located in Bristol County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
  • Newport County (RI)
  • Providence County (RI)

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

Cemeteries Near South Carver ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Carver.

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 South Carver - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Carver, with the one closest to South Carver 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, South Carver had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Carver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carver is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
  • Tremont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tremont is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
  • West Wareham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
  • South Middleboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • South Wareham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • South Wareham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wareham
  • Howlands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Howlands is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howlands
  • Wareham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
  • East Carver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Carver is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
  • Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Onset Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • East Wareham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
  • North Carver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Eddyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Eddyville is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
    • North Rochester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Rochester is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
    • Rochester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in South Carver ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Carver.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Carver, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Carver.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 South Carver:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.

<2>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 from Point A (ie- South Carver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 South Carver, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.