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Welcome to Wessonville ...

Wessonville is located in Worcester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wessonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Wessonville is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wessonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Wessonville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wessonville.

  • Worcester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Worcester is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184,570 people
  • Framingham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Framingham is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
  • Leominster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Leominster is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
  • Marlborough
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,910 people
  • Natick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Natick is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
  • Franklin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Norfolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
  • Milford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
  • Wellesley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Wellesley is located in Norfolk County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
  • Acton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Acton is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wessonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wessonville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wessonville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wessonville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wessonville. See our Newspapers Page for Wessonville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wessonville ...

Looking for more information about Wessonville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wessonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wessonville.

Adding Wessonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wessonville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wessonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Wessonville post office opened in 1832. The Wessonville post office closed in 1838.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wessonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wessonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/