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 Woodville (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 Woodville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Woodville 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 Woodville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodville:
Middlesex County (The home county of Woodville)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Hopkinton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Hayden Row (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Ashland (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Marlborough Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction East Holliston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Framingham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Holliston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
Marlborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Marlborough is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
Metcalf (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Sherborn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
South Sherborn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Hudson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Hudson is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
Saxonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Saxonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonville Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
North Attleboro (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Mansfield (22 miles [35.4 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
Attleboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Attleborough City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City East Mansfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
East Mansfield is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield Dodgeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Chartley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Chartley is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Furnace Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Furnace Village is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village North Easton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
North Easton is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton North Seekonk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Norton (26 miles [41.8 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
Briggs Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Norfolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Medway (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Medway is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Bellingham (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Millis (11 miles [17.7 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
Rockville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Rockville is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Medfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Medfield is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medfield Population from the 2020 Census: 13,011 people
Acorn Terrace (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Franklin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Dover (14 miles [22.5 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
Norfolk (14 miles [22.5 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
Charles River Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Wellesley Hills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Wellesley Hills is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Hills Wellesley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Wellesley is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellesley Population from the 2020 Census: 28,684 people
Babson Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Babson Park is located in Norfolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babson Park Plymouth County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Brockton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Montello (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Montello is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Cochesett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Highland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Readville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Readville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Stonybrook Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Brighton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Brighton is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Hyde Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Roslindale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Allston (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Allston is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston Jamaica Plain (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Mattapan Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Mattapan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Roxbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Roxbury is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Ashmont (25 miles [40.2 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 Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Southville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Cordaville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Westborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
Fayville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville Upton (4 miles [6.4 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
Southborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
West Upton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
West Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Upton Milford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Grafton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Grafton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 people
Chapinville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Chapinville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville Northborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Northborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
Hopedale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
North Grafton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
North Grafton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grafton Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
East Thompson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Thompson (23 miles [37 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
Fabyan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
North Grosvenor Dale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Quinebaug (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Thompson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grosvenor Dale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Mechanicsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Mechanicsville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville West Thompson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
West Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Thompson East Woodstock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Putnam (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Putnam is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Harrisville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Harrisville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville Putnam Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Branch Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Branch Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Village Hamlet (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hamlet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Slatersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Slatersville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatersville Woonsocket (16 miles [25.7 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
Union Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Union Village is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village Burnt Swamp Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner 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 Glendale (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Glendale is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Nasonville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Nasonville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nasonville North Smithfield (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
North Smithfield is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield Cumberland (19 miles [30.6 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
Arnold Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodville, see our County-by-County Page for Woodville .
Cemeteries Near Woodville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodville.
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 Woodville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Evergreen Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Bear Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pine Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
St. Lukes Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Old North Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Old North Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> Upton . The Old North Cemetery has also been known as:
Bradish Cemetery Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #UPT.801 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90805 <4>
East Hopkinton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Midland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lakeview Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Southborough Rural Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Maplewood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Old First Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
North Purchase Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (627 more) ...
Pine Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
West Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery The West Cemetery has also been known as:
Lincoln Cemetery Paddy Lincoln Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91173 <4>
Wildwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 <2>
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 Woodville had a population of 500 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodville, with the one closest to Woodville listed first.
Hopkinton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Southville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Southville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Hayden Row (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Cordaville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cordaville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville Westborough (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Westborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
Upton (4 miles [6.4 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
Fayville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fayville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville West Upton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
West Upton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Upton Ashland (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Southborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Southborough is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
Grafton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Grafton is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 people
Milford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Milford is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
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Braggville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Braggville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville Marlborough Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction Fisherville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Fisherville is located in Worcester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodville .
Newspapers Published in Woodville ...
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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Woodville.
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 Woodville:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Middlesex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol 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 Woodville. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Woodville) 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 . 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 Woodville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.