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 Rockville (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 Rockville. 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.
Rockville is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: New London (CT), Windham (CT), Dukes (MA), Suffolk (NY), Bristol, Kent & Newport.
Below are the counties that are near Rockville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockville:
- Washington County (The home county of Rockville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moscow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hope Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
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- Canonchet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,095 people
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
- Lewis City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City
- Ashaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Carolina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Annawomscutt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt
- Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
- Warren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Coggeshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- West Greenwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Greene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greene is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Kitts Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Gortons Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gortons Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner
- Coventry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
- Rice City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rice City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City
- Spring Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Coventry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- East Greenwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
- Shippee Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Quidnick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quidnick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick
- West Warwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Warwick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
- Newport County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Clarks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clarks Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Brenton Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brenton Village is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village
- Lawtons
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lawtons is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
- Prudence Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Prudence Island is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Newport East
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newport East is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East
- Melville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Melville is located in Newport County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Portsmouth
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Providence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Clayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clayville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Kent ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Foster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Simmons Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Simmons Corner is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Chopmist
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chopmist is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist
- Oaklawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oaklawn is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
- Scituate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Scituate is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
- Meshanticut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meshanticut is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut
- Sockanosset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sockanosset is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset
- Middlesex County (CT)
- Crowley Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Voluntown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Voluntown is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
- Voluntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Stonington
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Glasgo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Stonington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griswold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
- Pawcatuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mashantucket
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village
- Preston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jewett City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 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 Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Conantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conantville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville
- Atwoodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atwoodville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville
- Mansfield Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield City is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,355 people
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Ekonk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk
- Oneco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sterling is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
- Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Almyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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 northwest)
- 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)
- Canterbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canterbury is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,088 people
- Bristol County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Seekonk
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockville, see our County-by-County Page for Rockville.
Cemeteries Near Rockville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockville.
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 Rockville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Nathaniel Hall Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Henry Maryott Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burdick Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Palmer - Burdick - Appley Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Francis Tanner Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robert Browning Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kenyon Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Larkin Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foster - Spencer Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawton Foster Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murre Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (690 more) ...
- Brightman Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas Brightman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Enos - Crandall Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rockville had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Canonchet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canonchet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canonchet
- Hope Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hope Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
- Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Laurel Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Glen is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Glen
- Hopkinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopkinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Clarks Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Falls is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Falls
- Escoheag
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Escoheag is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escoheag
- Ashaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ashaway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashaway
- Wood River Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood River Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River Junction
- Carolina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Voluntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potter Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill
- Usquepaug
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Usquepaug is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockville.
Newspapers Published in Rockville ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockville.
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 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 Rockville:
- Websites specific to Rhode Island
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Kent County
- Newport County
- Providence County
- Middlesex County
- New London County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Bristol County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Rockville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rockville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |