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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 Ashton (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 Ashton. 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.
Ashton is located in Providence County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Ashton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashton:
Providence County (The home county of Ashton)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Berkeley (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Berkeley is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Cumberland (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cumberland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
Cumberland (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cumberland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Albion (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Albion is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Lime Rock (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Lincoln (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lincoln is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Population from the 2020 Census: 21,941 people
Saylesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Saylesville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylesville Lonsdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lonsdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsdale Valley Falls (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Valley Falls is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls Arnold Mills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Cumberland Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Central Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Central Falls is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 19,468 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Annawomscutt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Coggeshall (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Bristol (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Norwood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Hillsgrove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Arkwright (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Shawomet (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Apponaug (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Kettle Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Phenix (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Warwick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
West Warwick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
West Warwick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Buttonwoods (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Cowesett (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Prudence Island (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Tiverton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Melville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Bliss Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Jamestown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Lawtons (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Tiverton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
Tiverton Four Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Adamsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Adamsville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Mount View (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Exeter (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Wickford Junction (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Belleville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
North Kingstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Austin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Allenton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Exeter (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Lewis City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Liberty (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
East Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
East Thompson (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Ballouville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Putnam Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Putnam (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Putnam is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Thompson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
South Killingly (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Grosvenor Dale (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Mechanicsville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Mechanicsville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville Thompson (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Population from the 2020 Census: 9,371 people
Dayville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Attleborough City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City North Attleboro (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Attleboro Falls (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Dodgeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville North Seekonk (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Attleboro (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Briggs Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Chartley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Chartley is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Harris (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Seekonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Rehoboth (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Mansfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Mansfield is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Metcalf (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf East Holliston (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Hayden Row (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Holliston (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
Hopkinton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
South Sherborn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Sherborn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
Woodville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Woodville is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Ashland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Framingham (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Natick (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
North Natick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Plainville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Bellingham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Franklin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Wrentham (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Acorn Terrace (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Foxborough (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Pondville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Medway (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Norfolk (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
North Foxboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Cochesett (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett West Bridgewater (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Bridgewater (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
Brockton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Elmwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Montello (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello East Bridgewater (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
Lakeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
Namasket Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village North Lakeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Paper Mill Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Middleborough (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Middleborough is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
Suffolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Readville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Readville is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Hyde Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park Stonybrook Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village Highland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Highland is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland West Roxbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury Mattapan Station (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station Roslindale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Roslindale is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale Mattapan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Mattapan is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Ashmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Ashmont is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont Jamaica Plain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Millerville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Blackstone (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
East Blackstone (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
South Milford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Mendon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
Uxbridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
White City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
White City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Milford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
Hopedale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
Linwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood North Uxbridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashton, see our County-by-County Page for Ashton .
Cemeteries Near Ashton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashton.
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 Ashton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland #9 (Less than 2 miles to the east)
St. Josephs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Wilkinson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Clarks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
St. Patricks Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Basil the Great Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brown & Bucklin Families Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Metcalf Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Quaker Burying Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Moshassuck Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Paine Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Arnold Mill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (919 more) ...
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Diamond Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. James Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Ashton had a population of 725 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
Berkeley (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Berkeley is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Lime Rock (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Albion (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Albion is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Saylesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Saylesville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylesville Lonsdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lonsdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsdale Valley Falls (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Valley Falls is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls Abbott Run (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Abbott Run is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Run Central Falls (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Central Falls is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 19,468 people
Adamsdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Adamsdale is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsdale Arnold Mills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Arnold Mills is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills Diamond Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Diamond Hill is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill Cumberland Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cumberland Hill is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Hill Continue List (20 more) ...
Manville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Manville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville Pawtucket (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pawtucket is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtucket Population from the 2020 Census: 71,710 people
South Attleboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
South Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Attleboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashton .
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ashton ...
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 385 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ashton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ashton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ashton.
An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<6> 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 Ashton:
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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 Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . 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 Ashton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.