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 Nooseneck (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 Nooseneck. 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 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.
Nooseneck 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 Nooseneck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nooseneck:
Kent County (The home county of Nooseneck)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
West Greenwich (Less than 2 miles 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 (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Gortons Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Coventry (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Spring Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Coventry (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Shippee Corner (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner East Greenwich (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Quidnick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Greene (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Arkwright (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Phenix (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Rice City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Rice City is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Annawomscutt (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (17 miles [27.4 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
Barrington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Bristol (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Warren (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Warren (20 miles [32.2 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
Coggeshall (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Jamestown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Prudence Island (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Clarks Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Jamestown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Lawtons (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Melville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Brenton Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Middletown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Portsmouth (19 miles [30.6 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 (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Newport East (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Newport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Middletown (20 miles [32.2 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
Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Kent ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Clayville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Clayville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Richmond ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Ashland ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Rockland ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Rockland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Oaklawn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Garden City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Meshanticut (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Foster (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Chopmist (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Chopmist is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist North Scituate (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Knightsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Austin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Lewis City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Tripps Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner Arcadia (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Richmond (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Richmond is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
Exeter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Exeter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Wickford Junction (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Usquepaug (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Usquepaug is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug Slocum (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Hope Valley (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Moscow (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Moscow is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Voluntown (10 miles [16.1 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Glasgo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Griswold (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
North Stonington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
North Stonington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Preston (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Mashantucket (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pawcatuck (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Clarks Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Preston (20 miles [32.2 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 Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
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 Atwoodville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Conantville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Conantville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Mansfield Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Oneco (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Sterling (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ekonk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Almyville (13 miles [20.9 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 west)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Central Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Plainfield Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Plainfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Wauregan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Canterbury (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Seekonk (20 miles [32.2 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Globe Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Ocean Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Swansea Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (24 miles [38.6 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
Hortonville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville North Seekonk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Fall River (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Attleborough City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Rehoboth (25 miles [40.2 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
Bowenville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Blackstone (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Millville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Blackstone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Douglas (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nooseneck, see our County-by-County Page for Nooseneck .
Cemeteries Near Nooseneck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nooseneck.
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 Nooseneck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nooseneck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Eleazer Slocum Lot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Sheldon Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Cezar Onion Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Boone Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Austin Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lewis Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lewis Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Straight Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Allen Straight Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Arnold Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lillibridge Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lillibridge Burial Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (768 more) ...
Indian Rock Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Exeter Historical Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lillibridge Plot (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Nooseneck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nooseneck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nooseneck, with the one closest to Nooseneck listed first.
Pine Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pine Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Arcadia (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Washington (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Washington is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Coventry (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Escoheag (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Escoheag is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escoheag Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Exeter (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Anthony (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Anthony is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Wickford Junction (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Crompton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Crompton is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crompton Quidnick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Vernon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Vernon is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Continue List (19 more) ...
Greene (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Hope Valley (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Wyoming (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Wyoming is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nooseneck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nooseneck .
Newspapers Published in Nooseneck ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nooseneck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nooseneck, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Nooseneck.
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 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 Nooseneck:
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 Tolland County Windham County Bristol County Norfolk County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nooseneck. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nooseneck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Nooseneck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.