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 Winchendon Center (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 Winchendon Center. 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 Winchendon Center ...
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 Winchendon Center: Winchendon Ctr. (or less commonly used: Winchendon Cen., Winchendon Cent. or Winchendon Cntr.)
You might see Winchendon Centre instead of Winchendon Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Winchendon Center 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 Winchendon Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winchendon Center:
- Worcester County (The home county of Winchendon Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Pequoig
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Winchendon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Waterville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Baldwinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Lane Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lane Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Ashburnham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- East Templeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- South Ashburnham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Olde English Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Olde English Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde English Village
- Brooks Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Tully
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Mayo Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Orange
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Wendell Depot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Morse Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Millington ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- New Salem
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Cooleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Pelham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Ware
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- West Pelham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- East Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- North Amherst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Ashby
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Old City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- West Townsend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- Shirley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- West Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Shaker Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Paper Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Pepperell
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Babbatasset Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Babbatasset Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbatasset Village
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Rindge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Rindge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jaffrey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Bonds Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Dublin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Swanzey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Eastview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Marlborough
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- New Ipswich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mason
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Temple
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Peterborough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- West Wilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- North Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Brookline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Lyndeborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Lyndeborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyndeborough
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 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>
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- South Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Brattleboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,102 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winchendon Center, see our County-by-County Page for Winchendon Center.
Cemeteries Near Winchendon Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winchendon Center.
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 Winchendon Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winchendon Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Old Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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 a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91864 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Norcross Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Common Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (373 more) ...
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- St. John's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91579 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Winchendon Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winchendon Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winchendon Center, with the one closest to Winchendon Center listed first.
- Winchendon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Waterville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Winchendon Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Baldwinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Otter River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Otter River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter River
- State Line
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- South Royalston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Royalston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Royalston
- East Templeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- South Ashburnham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Ashburnham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- East Rindge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rindge
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rindge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Templeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
- South Gardner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winchendon Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winchendon Center.
Newspapers Published in Winchendon Center ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winchendon Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winchendon Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winchendon Center.
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 websites either 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 Winchendon Center:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Winchendon Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Winchendon Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |