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 South Natick (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 Natick. 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 Natick ...
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 Natick: S. Natick
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
South Natick 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 South Natick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Natick:
Middlesex County (The home county of South Natick)
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Natick (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
North Natick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Sherborn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
South Sherborn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Newton Lower Falls (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Cochituate (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Newton Upper Falls (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Waban (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Waban is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban Saxonville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Saxonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonville Framingham (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Auburndale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Auburndale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale East Holliston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Mansfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
North Easton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton East Mansfield (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Easton Center (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Furnace Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village South Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Attleboro Falls (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Attleboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Chartley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Norton (22 miles [35.4 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
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Cliftondale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynnfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Nahant (22 miles [35.4 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
East Lynn (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Lynn (23 miles [37 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
Lowell Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Swampscott (24 miles [38.6 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
West Peabody (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Brigadoon Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Charles River Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Dover (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Babson Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Wellesley Farms (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Needham Heights (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Needham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Medfield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Westwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Westwood is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Population from the 2020 Census: 16,384 people
Dedham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Millis (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Millis is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Montello (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Hull (20 miles [32.2 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
Brockton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Hingham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
West Hingham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham North Abington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Bayside (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Abington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Cochesett (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Rockland (22 miles [35.4 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
Accord (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Highland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Stonybrook Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village West Roxbury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Hyde Park (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Readville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Roslindale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Brighton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Jamaica Plain (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mattapan Station (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roxbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Allston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Fayville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southborough (10 miles [16.1 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 (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (13 miles [20.9 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 (15 miles [24.1 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford White City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Westborough (15 miles [24.1 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
Mendon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Chapinville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Northborough (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Northborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Hamlet (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Cumberland Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Cumberland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Branch Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Union Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Albion (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Slatersville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Berkeley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Berkeley is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Natick, see our County-by-County Page for South Natick .
Cemeteries Near South Natick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Natick.
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 Natick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Natick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Glenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Indian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Plain Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Farm Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Highland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Woodlawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Dell Park Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
St. Patricks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
St. Patricks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Central Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pine Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Needham Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (699 more) ...
North Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Brush Hill Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Clara Barton Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 South Natick had a population of 1,200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Natick, with the one closest to South Natick listed first.
Natick (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Dover (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Charles River Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
North Natick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Sherborn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
South Sherborn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Wellesley Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley Farms (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Needham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Newton Lower Falls (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Cochituate (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Whitneys (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Whitneys is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneys Continue List (16 more) ...
Medfield Junction (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Medfield Junction is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Junction Medfield (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Newton Upper Falls (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Natick. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Natick .
Newspapers Published in South Natick ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Natick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Natick, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for South Natick.
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 South Natick:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Natick. 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 South Natick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Natick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.