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 Ellis Flats (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 Ellis Flats. 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 Ellis Flats ...
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 Ellis Flats: Ellis Flts.
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 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.
Ellis Flats 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 Ellis Flats. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellis Flats:
- Washington County (The home county of Ellis Flats)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Carolina
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Alton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Kenyon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kenyon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Shannock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shannock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannock
- Hope Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Canonchet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Charlestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charlestown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,836 people
- Burdickville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burdickville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Ashaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Annawomscutt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt
- 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
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
- 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
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Coggeshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 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 Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- West Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Gortons Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- East Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Coventry
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Greene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greene is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Spring Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Coventry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Rice City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rice City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- Quidnick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Quidnick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick
- Cowesett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cowesett is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett
- East Greenwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Newport County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Clarks Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clarks Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Brenton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brenton Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lawtons is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons
- Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Newport East
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Newport East is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Prudence Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prudence Island is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island
- Melville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Melville is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Portsmouth
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portsmouth is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
- Providence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Kent ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kent is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Clayville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clayville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Foster
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Oaklawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oaklawn is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
- Sockanosset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sockanosset is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset
- Simmons Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Meshanticut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meshanticut is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut
- Chopmist
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chopmist is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist
- Knightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Knightsville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Pawcatuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Stonington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- North Stonington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarks Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Voluntown
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wequetequock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock
- Glasgo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stonington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
- Stonington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mashantucket
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Griswold
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Old Mystic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Ekonk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk
- Oneco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sterling
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville
- Moosup
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Central Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Globe Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village
- Seekonk
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellis Flats, see our County-by-County Page for Ellis Flats.
Cemeteries Near Ellis Flats ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellis Flats.
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 Ellis Flats - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellis Flats covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Nathan Kinyon Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hoxsie - Cayer Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- White Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Doctor Isaac Collins Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hezekiah Collins Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boss Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- George Babcock Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Green Lot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Palmer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Worden Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan Collins Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fones Palmer Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (635 more) ...
- Wilbur Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peter Davis Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Daniel Lewis Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Ellis Flats in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellis Flats.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellis Flats, with the one closest to Ellis Flats listed first.
- Wood River Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wood River Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River Junction
- Carolina
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Woodville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Hope Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Kenyon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kenyon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Shannock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shannock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannock
- Canonchet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Ashaway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Potter Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Potter Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Charlestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Charlestown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Usquepaug
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Usquepaug is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Arcadia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellis Flats. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellis Flats.
Newspapers Published in Ellis Flats ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellis Flats.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellis Flats, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellis Flats.
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 Ellis Flats:
- Websites specific to Rhode Island
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Kent County
- Newport County
- Providence County
- New London 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Ellis Flats, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ellis Flats) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |