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 Homestead (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 Homestead. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Homestead is located in Newport 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 Newport County : Bristol (MA) , Bristol , Kent & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Homestead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Homestead:
Newport County (The home county of Homestead)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Prudence Island (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (3 miles [4.8 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 (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Lawtons (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Jamestown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Tiverton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Middletown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Tiverton Four Corners (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Newport East (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Bristol (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Bristol (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Coggeshall (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Barrington (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Annawomscutt (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Oakland Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Buttonwoods (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Kettle Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Shawomet (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet East Greenwich (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Cowesett (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Warwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
Apponaug (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Hillsgrove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove East Greenwich (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Norwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood West Warwick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Shippee Corner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Kent Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Riverside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Bellefonte (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Armington Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Luthers Corners (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Luthers Corners is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners Cranston (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Garden City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Oaklawn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Carpenters Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Carpenters Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner East Providence (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
East Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
Leonard Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Leonard Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner Knightsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Mount View (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View North Kingstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Wickford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Allenton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
Saunderstown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown Wickford Junction (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Bridgetown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Bridgetown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown Slocum (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Exeter (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Kingston (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Kingston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Exeter (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Voluntown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Glasgo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Oneco (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sterling (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Ekonk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Sterling (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
South Killingly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Almyville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville East Killingly (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Moosup (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Plainfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Globe Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Ocean Grove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Fall River (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Bowenville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville Flint Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village Oak Grove Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Oak Grove Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Village Swansea Center (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
Central Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Central Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village North Westport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
North Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westport Westport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Population from the 2020 Census: 16,097 people
Hortonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Seekonk (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Dukes County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Cuttyhunk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cuttyhunk is located in Dukes County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttyhunk Gosnold (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Gosnold is located in Dukes County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnold Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Plainville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Burnt Swamp Corner (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Foxborough (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Wrentham (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Lakeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
North Lakeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Mattapoisett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 people
Rochester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rochester is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Population from the 2020 Census: 5,740 people
Middleborough (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Middleborough is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
Namasket Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village Rock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Rock is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Marion (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Marion is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
South Middleboro (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
South Middleboro is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middleboro Briarwood Beach (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Briarwood Beach is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach Bridgewater (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
Cochesett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett West Wareham (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Wareham is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Millerville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Blackstone (29 miles [46.7 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Homestead, see our County-by-County Page for Homestead .
Cemeteries Near Homestead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Homestead.
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 Homestead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Homestead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Portsmouth Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
De Wolf Lot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Wolf Lot To give a relative sense of its location, the De Wolf Lot is located in Bristol . The De Wolf Lot has also been known as:
DeWolf Cemetery Wolf Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1907776 <2>
Walker Lot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
East Burial Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Michaels Memorial Garden (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Congregational Churchyard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Michaels Churchyard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Juniper Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Burial Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
St. Columbas Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (703 more) ...
Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Thomas Holden Plot (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
John Wightman Cemetery (5 miles [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.<5>
While we didn't find Homestead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Homestead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Homestead, with the one closest to Homestead listed first.
Bristol Ferry (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bristol Ferry is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Ferry Portsmouth (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Bristol (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Tiverton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton South Portsmouth (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
South Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth River View (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
River View is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View North Tiverton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
North Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tiverton Rocky Point (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Rocky Point is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Bayside (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bayside is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Oakland Beach (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Potowomut (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Potowomut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potowomut Nayatt (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Nayatt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nayatt Continue List (15 more) ...
Tiverton Four Corners (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Conimicut (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Conimicut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conimicut Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Homestead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Homestead .
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Homestead ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Homestead.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Homestead. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Homestead and those printed in the larger area surrounding Homestead.
An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Homestead:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Newport County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Providence County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Dukes 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 Homestead. 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 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 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Homestead) 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 Homestead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.