Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Town Hall
108 Main Street Carver, MA 02330 (508) 866-3400

Quick History
Named for John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth Colony.

==== Establishment and former town name(s) ====

9 June 1790: Incorporated as a town, from part of Plympton, by State 1790, c2.

8 February 1793: Bounds between Carver and Plympton established.

20 January 1827:

24 March 1849:

16 May 1901: Bounds between Carver and Wareham established.

7 March 1921: Bounds between Carver and Middleborough established.

Archiac name: Mohootset

Section/Villages within the town: Annasnappet, Bate's Pond, East Carver, Ellis Furnace, John's Pond, North Carver, Popes Point, Quitticus, Shoestring District, South Carver, Wenham

Wikipedia

==== Boundary Changes ====

Neighboring Communities
Kingston | Middleborough | Plymouth | Plympton | Wareham

Cemeteries
Sources: A guide to Massachusetts cemeteries (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), [FHL book 974.4 V37L 2002]

The Carver Plymouth MAGenWeb Project of The USGenWeb Project has a map showing location of the cemeteries in the Town of Carver.


 * Center Cemetery

Main Street


 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 1976594
 * 2) Hometown Locator
 * 3) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project


 * Central Cemetery (1811)

Cranberry Road


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project


 * Lakenham Cemetery (1718) (aka North Cemetery)

Forest Street, North Carver


 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 602124
 * 2) Hometown Locator
 * 3) Findagrave.com
 * 4) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project


 * Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (Catholic) Cemetery (1920)

Center Street


 * 1) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project


 * Union Cemetery (1777)

South Main Street, South Carver


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project


 * Wenham Road Cemetery (1770) (aka East Carver Cemetery)

Wenham Road, East Carver


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 613907
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Vital Records

 * 1) Vital Records of Carver Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Google Books