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 Woodland (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 Woodland. 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 and 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.
Woodland 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 Woodland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodland:
Middlesex County (The home county of Woodland)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Auburndale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Auburndale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale Waban (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Waban is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban Newton Lower Falls (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Newton (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
West Newton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton Eliot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton Upper Falls (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Newton Centre (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Riverview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Riverview is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Newtonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville Nonantum ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Nonantum is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonantum Newton Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
North Easton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton East Mansfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Mansfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 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 Easton Center (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Easton Center is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center Easton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
Furnace Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village North Attleboro (24 miles [38.6 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Norton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Norton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
Chartley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Attleboro (27 miles [43.5 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
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Cliftondale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Cliftondale is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale Pleasant Hills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills Saugus (14 miles [22.5 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
West Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn Nahant (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Nahant is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
Lynn (17 miles [27.4 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
Lynnfield (17 miles [27.4 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
East Lynn (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
East Lynn is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn Lowell Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lowell Junction is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Junction Swampscott (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
West Peabody is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody Brigadoon Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Wellesley Farms (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Babson Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Needham Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Needham Heights is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Heights Wellesley Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Needham (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Needham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Population from the 2020 Census: 31,537 people
Charles River Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Westbrook Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village Brookline Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village Brookline (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Brookline is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
Dover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Dover is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 6,119 people
Dedham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Dedham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham Population from the 2020 Census: 25,345 people
Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Hull (17 miles [27.4 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
Bayside (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Bayside is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside West Hingham (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
West Hingham is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham Hingham (19 miles [30.6 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
Kenberma (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Kenberma is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma Montello (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Brockton (20 miles [32.2 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
North Abington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
North Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington Abington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Abington is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
Accord (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Accord is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord Rockland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Rockland is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
Whitman (23 miles [37 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
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Brighton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Highland (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Allston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Jamaica Plain (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Roslindale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Roxbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Stonybrook Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Bay Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bay Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village Hyde Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Mattapan Station (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Worcester County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Fayville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Southborough (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Cordaville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Southville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Milford (19 miles [30.6 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
Bolton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Bolton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,476 people
Chapinville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville South Berlin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
South Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin Westborough (19 miles [30.6 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
Harvard (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Harvard is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Population from the 2020 Census: 6,618 people
Berlin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Population from the 2020 Census: 3,731 people
Carterville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Carterville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville Hillsborough County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Pelham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
Hollis Depot (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Arnold Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Hamlet (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Woonsocket (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Woonsocket is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
Cumberland (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Cumberland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cumberland Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Albion (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Albion is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Branch Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Slatersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Union Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Berkeley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Berkeley is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodland, see our County-by-County Page for Woodland .
Cemeteries Near Woodland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland.
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 Woodland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
St. Mary's Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> Newton . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #862203 <3>
St. Mary's Episcopal Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mt. Feake Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Newton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Beth Israel Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
East Parish Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Calvary Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Grove Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Woodlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Needham Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Holyhood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (665 more) ...
Common Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Patricks Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Ridgelawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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, Woodland had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodland, with the one closest to Woodland listed first.
Newton Lower Falls (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls Auburndale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Auburndale is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale Waban (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Waban is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waban Wellesley Farms (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wellesley Farms is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Farms Newton Upper Falls (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls Eliot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Eliot is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot Newton (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
West Newton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
West Newton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton Wellesley Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Newton Highlands (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands Newton Centre (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre Newtonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Newtonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville Continue List (14 more) ...
Riverview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Riverview is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Bemis (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Bemis is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis Waltham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Waltham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland .
Newspapers Published in Woodland ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Woodland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Woodland:
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 Hillsborough County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodland. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 . 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 Woodland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.