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 Whitneys (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 Whitneys. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Whitneys 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 Whitneys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitneys:
Middlesex County (The home county of Whitneys)
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Sherborn (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
East Holliston (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Framingham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Holliston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
South Sherborn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Ashland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Natick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Metcalf (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Cochituate (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Saxonville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Saxonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonville North Natick (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Hayden Row (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Hopkinton (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Mansfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
North Attleboro (18 miles [29 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 Falls (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls East Mansfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield North Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Furnace Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village Attleboro (21 miles [33.8 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
Attleborough City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Easton Center (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (21 miles [33.8 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
Norton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
South Easton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
South Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton Chartley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Cliftondale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (25 miles [40.2 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Lynnfield (27 miles [43.5 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
Lowell Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Lynn (28 miles [45.1 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
Nahant (28 miles [45.1 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
Haggetts (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Haggetts is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haggetts East Lynn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Swampscott (29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Millis (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Millis is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
Dover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Medway (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Medway is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Medfield (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Charles River Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Rockville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Rockville is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Babson Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Wellesley Farms (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Wellesley Hills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (8 miles [12.9 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 (9 miles [14.5 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
Needham Heights (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Norfolk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Brockton (22 miles [35.4 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
Montello (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello North Abington (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Cochesett (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Abington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Hull (25 miles [40.2 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
West Hingham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham West Bridgewater (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Hingham (26 miles [41.8 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
Rockland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Whitman (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Whitman is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman Population from the 2020 Census: 15,295 people
Accord (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Bayside (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
West Roxbury (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Highland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Readville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Stonybrook Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Hyde Park (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Roslindale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Brighton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Jamaica Plain (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mattapan Station (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roxbury (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Allston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Ashmont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Fayville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Cordaville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Southborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Milford (8 miles [12.9 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 (10 miles [16.1 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 (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
South Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford White City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
White City is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Westborough (10 miles [16.1 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 (11 miles [17.7 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
Upton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton Population from the 2020 Census: 8,088 people
Chapinville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville West Upton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
West Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Upton Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
East Thompson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Thompson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Population from the 2020 Census: 9,371 people
North Grosvenor Dale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Thompson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Hamlet (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Arnold Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Cumberland (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Union Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Branch Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Slatersville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Albion (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion North Smithfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield Population from the 2020 Census: 12,576 people
North Smithfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitneys, see our County-by-County Page for Whitneys .
Cemeteries Near Whitneys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitneys.
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 Whitneys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitneys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
West Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
West Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Old North Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Cemetery The Old North Cemetery has also been known as:
Indian Cemetery North Cemetery Old Indian Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91132 <4>
Central Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sherborn Reformatory for Women - Annex Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Brush Hill Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Clara Barton Burying Ground (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Holliston Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Mary's Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
St. Tarcisius Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
New South Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (678 more) ...
Pine Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Plain Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Wildwood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 east of Ashland . Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #ASL.802 <3>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Whitneys had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitneys, with the one closest to Whitneys listed first.
East Holliston (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Sherborn (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
Framingham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Holliston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
South Sherborn (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Ashland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Metcalf (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Natick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Hayden Row (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Millis (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Millis is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millis Population from the 2020 Census: 8,519 people
Medfield Junction (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Medfield Junction is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Junction South Natick (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
South Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Natick Continue List (18 more) ...
North Natick (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Cochituate (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cochituate is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochituate Saxonville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Saxonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitneys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitneys .
Newspapers Published in Whitneys ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitneys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitneys, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Whitneys.
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 Whitneys:
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 Windham County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitneys. 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. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whitneys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Whitneys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.