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 Acadia (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 Acadia. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Acadia is located in Aroostook County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Acadia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Acadia:

• Aroostook County     (The home county of Acadia)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Acadia, with the one closest to Acadia listed first.
  • North Lyndon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lyndon
    • North Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
  • New Sweden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
    • New Sweden is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sweden <2>
  • Stockholm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
    • Stockholm is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockholm <2>
  • Barretts
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts
    • Barretts is located in Aroostook County
  • Cyr Plantation
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyr Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyr Plantation
    • Cyr Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Caswell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caswell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswell
    • Caswell is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Caribou
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Caribou is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <2>
  • Somers Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Corner
    • Somers Corner is located in Aroostook County
  • Westmanland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westmanland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmanland
    • Westmanland is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
  • Hurd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurd
    • Hurd is located in Aroostook County
  • Grimes Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Mill
    • Grimes Mill is located in Aroostook County
  • Limestone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Limestone is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <2>
  • Morris Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Corner
    • Morris Corner is located in Aroostook County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Acadia, see our County-by-County Page for Acadia.

Newspapers Published in Acadia ...

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 Acadia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acadia, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acadia.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Acadia:

• Websites specific to Maine
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Maine State Archives

• Pages specific to Aroostook County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cemeteries of Aroostook County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cemeteries of Aroostook County

Cemeteries Near Acadia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acadia.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Acadia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acadia, with the one closest to Acadia listed first.

• Sacred Heart Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in the vicinity of North Lyndon
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
• Capitol Hill Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol Hill Cemetery
• Williams Family Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Family Cemetery
• Johnson Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
• Hedman Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hedman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hedman Cemetery
• West Jemtland Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Jemtland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Jemtland Cemetery
• Jemtland Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jemtland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jemtland Cemetery
• West Road Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Road Cemetery
• First St. Theresa Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First St. Theresa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First St. Theresa Cemetery
• St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Stockholm.
  • The St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967632 <4>
• Stockholm Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stockholm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockholm Cemetery
• Westmanland Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westmanland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westmanland Cemetery
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  • Nilsen Ackerson Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nilsen Ackerson Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nilsen Ackerson Family Cemetery
  • New Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Holy Rosary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Holy Rosary Cemetery
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Acadia had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Acadia, with the one closest to Acadia listed first.

• North Lyndon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lyndon
  • North Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
• New Sweden
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
  • New Sweden is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sweden <2>
• Jemtland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jemtland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemtland
  • Jemtland is located in Aroostook County
• Caribou
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
  • Caribou is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <2>
• Caswell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caswell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswell
  • Caswell is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
• Hurd
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurd
  • Hurd is located in Aroostook County
• East Lyndon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lyndon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyndon
  • East Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
• Limestone
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Limestone is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <2>
• Perham
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
  • Perham is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <2>
• Hamlin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Hamlin is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
• Van Buren
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
  • Van Buren is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <2>
• Washburn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
  • Washburn is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washburn <2>
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  • Roberts
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Roberts is located in Aroostook County
  • Parkhurst
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkhurst have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Parkhurst is located in Aroostook County
  • Fort Fairfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Fairfield
    • Fort Fairfield is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,278 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Fairfield <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Acadia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acadia.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Acadia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/