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 Pocasset (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 Pocasset. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pocasset is located in Providence 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 Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Pocasset. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pocasset:
Providence County (The home county of Pocasset)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Garden City (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Cranston (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Meshanticut (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Oaklawn (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Knightsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Riverside (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Thornton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Kent Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Dyerville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Dyerville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville Olneyville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Olneyville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olneyville Armington Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Annawomscutt (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (6 miles [9.7 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 (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (8 miles [12.9 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
Warren (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (9 miles [14.5 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 (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Norwood (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Hillsgrove (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Apponaug (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug 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
Kettle Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Buttonwoods (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Oakland Beach (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Shawomet (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet West Warwick (4 miles [6.4 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
Cowesett (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Phenix (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix West Warwick (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Arkwright (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Prudence Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville 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
Portsmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton 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 southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Bliss Corners (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Tiverton (17 miles [27.4 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
Jamestown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Exeter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter North Kingstown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Allenton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton 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
Austin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Exeter (15 miles [24.1 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
Slocum (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Liberty (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Tripps Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Voluntown (23 miles [37 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (27 miles [43.5 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
North Stonington (29 miles [46.7 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
Jewett City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Oneco (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sterling (19 miles [30.6 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
East Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
South Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Sterling (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Killingly (21 miles [33.8 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
Almyville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Ekonk (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Moosup (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Ballouville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Danielson (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Dayville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Seekonk (6 miles [9.7 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 (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth North Seekonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Rehoboth (11 miles [17.7 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 (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Ocean Grove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Swansea Center (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Attleborough City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Swansea (13 miles [20.9 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
Dodgeville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Globe Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Briggs Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset 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 Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (18 miles [29 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 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
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
Wrentham (22 miles [35.4 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
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 Foxborough (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
North Foxboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Pondville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville 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
South Walpole (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
South Walpole is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Walpole Medway (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Lakeville (26 miles [41.8 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Cochesett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett Middleborough (28 miles [45.1 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
Namasket Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village Bridgewater (28 miles [45.1 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 (28 miles [45.1 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rock is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elmwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Paper Mill Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Blackstone (18 miles [29 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 (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville 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 north)
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 Douglas (25 miles [40.2 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas Linwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pocasset, see our County-by-County Page for Pocasset .
Cemeteries Near Pocasset ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pocasset.
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 Pocasset - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pocasset covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Lincoln Park Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bethany Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Vincent Gardner Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Phillips - Moone - Jenkins Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Utter - Arnold - Rhodes Plot (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Rice Burial Yard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
St. Pauls All Saints Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lippett Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Covill Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Joseph Bennett Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Perry Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Reverend Sameul Littlefield Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (857 more) ...
Christopher Green Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Ann Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Spring Greene Burial Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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, Pocasset had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pocasset, with the one closest to Pocasset listed first.
Norwood (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Hillsgrove (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Spring Green (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Spring Green is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green Lakewood (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Lakewood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Bellefonte (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Auburn (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Auburn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Cranston (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Oaklawn (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Pontiac (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Pontiac is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac Hoxsie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hoxsie is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxsie Knightsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Continue List (20 more) ...
Natick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Natick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Apponaug (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Greenwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Pocasset. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pocasset .
Newspapers Published in Pocasset ...
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 Pocasset.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pocasset, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Pocasset.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Pocasset:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Providence County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Newport 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 Pocasset. 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 Pocasset, 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- Pocasset) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.