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 Bishop Heights (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 Bishop Heights. 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 Bishop Heights ...
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 Bishop Heights: Bishop Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bishop Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bishop Heights .
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 .
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Bishop Heights 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 Bishop Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bishop Heights:
Providence County (The home county of Bishop Heights)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
North Scituate (Less than 2 miles to the west)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Johnston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Johnston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Population from the 2020 Census: 29,366 people
Greenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Simmonsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Simmonsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville Ashland ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Scituate (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
North Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
Spragueville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Spragueville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragueville Centerdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Centerdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale Esmond (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Esmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond North Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Harmony (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Annawomscutt (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (15 miles [24.1 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (17 miles [27.4 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
Bristol (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Arkwright (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Phenix (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix West Warwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Norwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Coventry (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Quidnick (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick West Warwick (9 miles [14.5 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
Hillsgrove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Spring Lake (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Apponaug (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Coventry (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Cowesett (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Prudence Island (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Jamestown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Lawtons (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Portsmouth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Jamestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Bliss Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Middletown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Tiverton Four Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton (25 miles [40.2 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
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Mount View (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Austin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Exeter (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Wickford Junction (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Lewis City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Wickford (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Belleville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Exeter (19 miles [30.6 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
Liberty (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty North Kingstown (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Tripps Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Voluntown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Jewett City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Hanover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
Occum (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Occum is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Preston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Versailles (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Baltic (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
East Killingly (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
South Killingly (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Oneco (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Sterling (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Ballouville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Killingly (15 miles [24.1 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
Sterling (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Danielson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Putnam (16 miles [25.7 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
Almyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Dayville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Seekonk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris North Seekonk (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Attleborough City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City South Rehoboth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Dodgeville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Rehoboth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Attleboro Falls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (15 miles [24.1 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
Briggs Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Attleboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Hortonville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Metcalf (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Hayden Row (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Holliston (26 miles [41.8 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
East Holliston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Hopkinton (27 miles [43.5 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
Woodville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Woodville is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville South Sherborn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Ashland (30 miles [48.3 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
Sherborn (30 miles [48.3 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
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (16 miles [25.7 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
Sheldonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Bellingham (18 miles [29 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Acorn Terrace (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Wrentham (20 miles [32.2 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
Foxborough (22 miles [35.4 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 (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Medway (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Plymouth County (MA)
Cochesett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Blackstone (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Millville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Blackstone (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Uxbridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
North Uxbridge (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge Douglas (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
East Douglas (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas Linwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Mendon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
South Milford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Manchaug ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Manchaug is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchaug
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bishop Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Bishop Heights .
Cemeteries Near Bishop Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bishop Heights.
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 Bishop Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bishop Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
Colvin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Woodlawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Welcome Sprague Lot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Smithfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Glenford Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Salisbury Family Graves (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Remington Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Waterman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Greenville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Phillips Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Elder Stephen Sweet Lot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Abel Mowry Lot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (880 more) ...
Highland Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> Providence . The Highland Memorial Park has also been known as:
Highland Memorial Park Cemetery Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #JN008 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1572077 <3>
Abel Tanner Lot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Harmony Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Bishop Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bishop Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bishop Heights, with the one closest to Bishop Heights listed first.
North Scituate (Less than 2 miles to the west)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Hughesdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hughesdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesdale Greenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville South Scituate ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
South Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scituate Thornton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Harmony (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Manton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Manton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Lymansville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lymansville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymansville Allendale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Allendale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale Georgiaville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Georgiaville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville Rockland ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Rockland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Kent ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Continue List (22 more) ...
Knightsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Dyerville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Dyerville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville Stillwater (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Stillwater is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bishop Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bishop Heights .
Newspapers Published in Bishop Heights ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bishop Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bishop Heights, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bishop Heights.
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 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 Bishop Heights:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Providence County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Newport County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bishop Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.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 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bishop Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Bishop Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.