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 Wellville (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 Wellville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Wellville is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Tolland (CT), Windham (CT), Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Cheshire (NH), Hillsborough (NH) & Providence (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Wellville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wellville:
- Worcester County (The home county of Wellville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- Ashburnham
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Lane Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Blackburn Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- South Ashburnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Pequoig
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Winchendon Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,091 people
- Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- Gardner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Winchendon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Olde English Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olde English Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde English Village
- South Gardner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- Tully
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Mayo Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Orange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Warwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Millington ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Morse Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Wendell Depot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- New Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Erving
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Erving is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Wendell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Cooleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- Ashby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- West Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Old City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Townsend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Townsend Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- West Groton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Pepperell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Babbatasset Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- East Pepperell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pepperell
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- Rindge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Eastview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- New Ipswich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Temple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <1>
- West Wilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Brookline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peterborough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <1>
- Hollis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- North Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- South Lyndeborough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Lyndeborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyndeborough
- Rockingham County (NH)
- Londonderry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windham County (VT)
- South Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wellville, see our County-by-County Page for Wellville.
Cemeteries Near Wellville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wellville.
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 Wellville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wellville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- The New Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smithville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Old Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Notre Dame Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91342 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Wellville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wellville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wellville, with the one closest to Wellville listed first.
- Ashburnham
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- South Ashburnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Ashby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- West Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fitchburg
- East Rindge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rindge
- New Ipswich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winchendon Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Gardner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,091 people
- Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
- Winchendon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Otter River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Otter River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter River
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- South Gardner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Wachusett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wachusett is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wachusett
- West Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wellville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wellville.
Newspapers Published in Wellville ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wellville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wellville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wellville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wellville:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Middlesex County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Windham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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.
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| <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 Wellville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Wellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |