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 Wilmington (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 Wilmington. 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 Wilmington ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Wilmington: S. Wilmington
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Wilmington. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Wilmington .
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
South Wilmington 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 Wilmington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Wilmington:
Middlesex County (The home county of South Wilmington)
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Mishawum ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Winnmere (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Winnmere is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnmere Wilmington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
Cummingsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cummingsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville Woburn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Walnut Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Burlington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Burlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 28,432 people
Reading (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Reading is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
Lindenwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Montvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Stoneham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
Pinehurst (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Pinehurst is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst Wakefield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Wakefield is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Lynnfield (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lynnfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,040 people
Lowell Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction West Peabody (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Brigadoon Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Cliftondale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Saugus is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
West Lynn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Andover (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Andover is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 36,554 people
Haggetts (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts Howe (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Howe is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Middleton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Middleton is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
Hathorne (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hathorne is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathorne Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Brookline Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Westbrook Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Wellesley Farms (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Babson Park (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Needham Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Wellesley Hills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Needham (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Milton Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Milton Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village Montclair (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Montclair is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Charles River Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Dedham (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Hull (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Hull is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
Bayside (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Kenberma (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Hingham (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Accord (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Minot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Minot is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot North Scituate (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
North Scituate is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate North Abington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Montello (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Rockland (29 miles [46.7 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
Abington (30 miles [48.3 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
Brockton (30 miles [48.3 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
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Franklin Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park Allston (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Charlestown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Charlestown is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown Chelsea (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
Revere (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Revere is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
Brighton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Boston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
East Boston (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
East Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston Bay Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village South Boston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
South Boston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Winthrop (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Winthrop is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
Jamaica Plain (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Point Shirley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Shaker Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Shaker Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Harvard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Fayville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Bolton (23 miles [37 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
Still River (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Still River is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still River Cordaville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Seventh Day Adventist Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Chapinville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Berlin (26 miles [41.8 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
Carterville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Lancaster (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lancaster is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Population from the 2020 Census: 7,857 people
Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Pelham (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hudson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
Nashua (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
Hollis Depot (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Hollis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hollis is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,123 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
Litchfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack Brookline (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Merrimack (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack Merrimack (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry Rockingham County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Salem (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
Wilson Corners (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners Westville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Windham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Windham is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,865 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windham <1>
Atkinson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
North Salem (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Plaistow (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hampstead (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hubbard (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hubbard is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Newton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
Derry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Derry is located in Rockingham County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Population from the 2020 Census: 33,442 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
Londonderry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Danville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Wilmington, see our County-by-County Page for South Wilmington .
Cemeteries Near South Wilmington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Wilmington.
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 Wilmington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Wilmington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
Woodbrook Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbrook Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbrook Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woburn . The Woodbrook Cemetery has also been known as:
Salem Street Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAL.805 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91872 <3>
Chestnut Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Laurel Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Wildwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Calvary Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Meretz Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lindenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Old Burying Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
St. Patricks Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Temple Israel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Lakeside Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Forest Glen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (613 more) ...
Old Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wildwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Wildwood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Winchester . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WNT.801 <2>
Old Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Wilmington had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Wilmington, with the one closest to South Wilmington listed first.
North Woburn (Less than 2 miles to the south)
North Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woburn Central Square (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Central Square is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Square Mishawum ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Mishawum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum Burlington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Burlington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 28,432 people
Cummingsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cummingsville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville Woburn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woburn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
Woburn Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woburn Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woburn Highlands Walnut Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Wilmington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
Reading Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Reading Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading Highlands North Wilmington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
North Wilmington is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilmington Winchester Highlands (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Winchester Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Highlands Continue List (19 more) ...
Montvale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Montvale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale Lindenwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood Stoneham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stoneham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Wilmington. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Wilmington .
Newspapers Published in South Wilmington ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Wilmington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Wilmington, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for South Wilmington.
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 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 South Wilmington:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Essex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County Hillsborough County Rockingham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Wilmington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 . 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 Wilmington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- South Wilmington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.