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 Westbrook (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 Westbrook. 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 hospitals 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.
Westbrook is located in Hampshire 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 Hampshire County : Berkshire , Franklin , Hampden & Worcester .
Below are the counties that are near Westbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westbrook:
Hampshire County (The home county of Westbrook)
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
North Hatfield (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hatfield West Hatfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
West Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hatfield Hatfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,243 people
North Hadley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
North Hadley is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hadley Haydenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Haydenville is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville North Amherst (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
North Amherst is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst Florence (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Florence is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hadley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hadley is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
Leeds (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Leeds is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Williamsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Williamsburg is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 2,462 people
Bay State (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bay State is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State Amherst Center (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center Amherst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Amherst is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
Berkshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
East Windsor (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
East Windsor is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Peru (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Peru is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Population from the 2020 Census: 833 people
Savoy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Savoy is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
Windsor (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Windsor is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
Becket (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Becket is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
Drury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Drury is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Savoy Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center Hinsdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
Washington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Washington is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
Florida (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Florida is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
East Otis (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
East Otis is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis North Otis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
North Otis is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Otis Dalton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Dalton is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Whately (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Whately is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
South Deerfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
South Deerfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield Sunderland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Sunderland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
Leverett (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Leverett is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
Conway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Conway is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
Deerfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Deerfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
Montague (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Montague is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
Moores Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Moores Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Corner South Ashfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
South Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashfield East Deerfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
East Deerfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deerfield Lake Pleasant (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Lake Pleasant is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pleasant Locks Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Locks Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village Ashfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ashfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Holyoke (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Holyoke is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke Population from the 2020 Census: 39,921 people
Ludlow City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Ludlow City is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow City Aldenville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Aldenville is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville Montgomery (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
North Chester (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Chester Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Chester Center is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center Chicopee (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Chicopee is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
Hampton Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hampton Village is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village Indian Orchard (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Indian Orchard is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard Ludlow (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ludlow is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Population from the 2020 Census: 21,101 people
Russell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Russell is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
Woronoco (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Woronoco is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco Chester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Greenwich ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Greenwich is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Dana ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dana is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Greenwich Village ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Greenwich Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village North Dana ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
North Dana is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dana Gilbertville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Gilbertville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville Hardwick (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hardwick is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
Petersham (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Petersham is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,237 people
Athol (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
West Warren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
West Warren is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren Wheelwright (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Wheelwright is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright Barre Plains (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Barre Plains is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains Barre (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Barre is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Population from the 2020 Census: 5,574 people
Mill Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Mill Village is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village Hartford County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Rising Corner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner Sherwood Manor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor Enfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Thompsonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Thompsonville is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Hazardville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Suffield Depot (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Suffield Depot is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Depot Suffield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Suffield is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,812 people
Suffield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
West Suffield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Enfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Enfield is located in Hartford County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
North Granby (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Tolland County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Somers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Somersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
State Line (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
State Line is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Cheshire County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
Hinsdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ashuelot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Winchester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Richmond (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bennington County (VT)
Readsboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Windham County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
South Vernon (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon Vernon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Vernon is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
Halifax (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Guilford (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Guilford is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Population from the 2020 Census: 2,102 people
Halifax (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
West Halifax (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Guilford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Jacksonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Whitingham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Whitingham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Whitingham is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitingham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,271 people
Fairview Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village Ames Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ames Hill is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Hill Brattleboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westbrook, see our County-by-County Page for Westbrook .
Cemeteries Near Westbrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westbrook.
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 Westbrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
North Hadley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Russellville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
East Whately Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Whately Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Holy Trinity Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Riverside Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Spring Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hebrew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Northampton . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #NTH.807 <2>
Old Hadley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Holy Rosary Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Plainville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (397 more) ...
St. Brigids Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Southpart Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Westbrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westbrook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
North Hatfield (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hatfield Whately (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Whately is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
West Hatfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
West Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hatfield East Whately (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
East Whately is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Whately Hatfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hatfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,243 people
North Hadley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
North Hadley is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hadley Haydenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Haydenville is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville Sunderland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Sunderland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
South Deerfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
South Deerfield is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield Williamsburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Williamsburg is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 2,462 people
Leeds (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Leeds is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Florence (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Florence is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Continue List (13 more) ...
Hadley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hadley is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
North Amherst (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
North Amherst is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst Bay State (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Bay State is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westbrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westbrook .
Newspapers Published in Westbrook ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westbrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westbrook, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Westbrook.
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 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 Westbrook:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Hampshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berkshire County Franklin County Hampden County Worcester County Hartford County Tolland County Cheshire County Bennington County Windham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westbrook. 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 Westbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.