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 Centerville (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 Centerville. 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 southwest 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 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.
Centerville is located in Washington 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 Washington County: New London (CT), Windham (CT), Dukes (MA), Suffolk (NY), Bristol, Kent & Newport.
Below are the counties that are near Centerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerville:
- Washington County (The home county of Centerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moscow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hope Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Canonchet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Arcadia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
- Lewis City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lewis City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City
- Carolina
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Ashaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Annawomscutt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt
- Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
- Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Coggeshall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- West Greenwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Kitts Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Gortons Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- Greene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greene is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Coventry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
- Rice City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rice City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- Coventry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- East Greenwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
- Shippee Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Spring Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Quidnick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quidnick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick
- Arkwright
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arkwright is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright
- Phenix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Newport County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Clarks Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clarks Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Brenton Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brenton Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village
- Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
- Lawtons
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lawtons is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons
- Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Newport East
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newport East is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East
- Prudence Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Prudence Island is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island
- Melville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Melville is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
- Portsmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
- Portsmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Providence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Clayville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clayville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Kent ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Foster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Simmons Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
- Chopmist
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chopmist is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist
- Oaklawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oaklawn is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
- Sockanosset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sockanosset is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset
- Foster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Meshanticut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meshanticut is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut
- Middlesex County (CT)
- Crowley Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Voluntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Voluntown is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
- Voluntown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Stonington
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Glasgo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Stonington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
- Pawcatuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mashantucket
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clarks Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Wequetequock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock
- Jewett City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Conantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Atwoodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Mansfield Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Ekonk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk
- Oneco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sterling is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
- Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Almyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville
- Moosup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
- Plainfield Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Central Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Wauregan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Seekonk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
- Globe Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- South Rehoboth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centerville, see our County-by-County Page for Centerville.
Cemeteries Near Centerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerville.
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 Centerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Henry Maryott Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robert Browning Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kenyon Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burdick Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nathaniel Hall Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Francis Tanner Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fenner Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carpenter Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smith Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Continue List (687 more) ...
- Avis Barber Lot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Barber Lot
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Avis Barber Lot is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Wyoming.
- The Avis Barber Lot has also been known as:
- Avis Barber Plot
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #HP049 <3>
- Palmer - Burdick - Appley Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larkin Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Centerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hope Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Canonchet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Arcadia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Laurel Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Glen is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Glen
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Clarks Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Falls is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Falls
- Carolina
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Escoheag
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Escoheag is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escoheag
- Wood River Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood River Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River Junction
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Potter Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Ashaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Shannock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shannock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerville.
Newspapers Published in Centerville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Centerville:
- Websites specific to Rhode Island
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Kent County
- Newport County
- Providence County
- Middlesex County
- New London County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Bristol County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Centerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Centerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |