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 Lakewood (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 Lakewood. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Lakewood is located in Kent 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 Kent County : New London (CT) , Windham (CT) , Bristol , Newport , Providence & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood:
Kent County (The home county of Lakewood)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Norwood (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Hillsgrove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Kettle Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Warwick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
Shawomet (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Oakland Beach (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Apponaug (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Buttonwoods (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Cowesett (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Phenix (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix West Warwick (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Arkwright (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Annawomscutt (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Warren (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Bristol (8 miles [12.9 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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Prudence Island (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Portsmouth (14 miles [22.5 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
Jamestown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Lawtons (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Bliss Corners (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Tiverton (16 miles [25.7 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
Middletown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Tiverton Four Corners (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Cranston (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Riverside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Garden City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Sockanosset (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Kent Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Armington Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Knightsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Meshanticut (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Oaklawn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn East Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Leonard Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Mount View (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Wickford Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Belleville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (14 miles [22.5 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Exeter (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Allenton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Slocum (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Exeter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Austin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Liberty (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Voluntown (25 miles [40.2 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (29 miles [46.7 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
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Oneco (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
South Killingly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Sterling (21 miles [33.8 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
Sterling (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
East Killingly (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Almyville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Ekonk (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Killingly (23 miles [37 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
Ballouville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Danielson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Moosup (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Central Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Seekonk (5 miles [8 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
Harris (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth North Seekonk (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Rehoboth (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Hortonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Ocean Grove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Swansea Center (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
Attleborough City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Dodgeville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Globe Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Metcalf (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Holliston (30 miles [48.3 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
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (17 miles [27.4 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
Sheldonville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Wrentham (21 miles [33.8 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
Bellingham (22 miles [35.4 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
Foxborough (22 miles [35.4 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
Franklin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Acorn Terrace (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace North Foxboro (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Pondville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville South Walpole (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Walpole is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole Norfolk (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Lakeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
North Lakeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Middleborough (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Middleborough is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleborough Population from the 2020 Census: 25,722 people
Cochesett (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Namasket Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village Bridgewater (27 miles [43.5 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
West Bridgewater (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Rock is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elmwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Paper Mill Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Brockton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
East Bridgewater (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Millerville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Blackstone (19 miles [30.6 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
East Blackstone (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
South Milford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Uxbridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
Mendon (25 miles [40.2 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
White City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
White City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City North Uxbridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge Hopedale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
Douglas (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood .
Cemeteries Near Lakewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood.
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 Lakewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
New Pawtuxet Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Pawtuxet Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lincoln Park Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Phillips - Moone - Jenkins Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Vincent Gardner Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Utter - Arnold - Rhodes Plot (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Spring Greene Burial Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Arnold Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bethany Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Locust Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Colonel John Waterman Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Christopher Green Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (850 more) ...
William Jenison Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Little Neck Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Congregational Sons of Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lakewood had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Norwood (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Spring Green (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Spring Green is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green Hoxsie (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hoxsie is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxsie Auburn (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Auburn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Cranston (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Pocasset (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pocasset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset Hillsgrove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Elmwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Elmwood is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Coles (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Coles is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Conimicut (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Conimicut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conimicut Riverside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Continue List (18 more) ...
Silver Spring (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Silver Spring is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Sockanosset (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Greenwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Greenwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood .
Newspapers Published in Lakewood ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lakewood:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Kent County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Newport County Providence 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 Lakewood. 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 . 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 Lakewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.