Nearest Communities to Attean,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Attean, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Attean:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Attean is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Somerset County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Somerset County: Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis & Waldo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Attean. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Somerset County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Attean (which is Somerset County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Attean
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Somerset County (where Attean resides)
- County Website: https://somersetcounty-me.org/
- County Seat for Somerset: Skowhegan
- Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Attean ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Attean.
- Attean Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Attean Landing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean Landing
- Dyerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dyerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville
- Jackman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moose River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moose River is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Three Streams
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Three Streams is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams
- Jackman Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackman Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Mill
- Holeb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holeb is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeb
- Dennistown Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dennistown Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Dennistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dennistown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown
- Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Lake Parlin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Parlin is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Parlin
- Long Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Long Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mackamp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mackamp is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
- West Forks Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- West Forks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brassua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brassua is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassua
- Hayden Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hayden Landing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Landing
- Tarratine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tarratine is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarratine
- Spring Lake Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake Landing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Landing
- Poplar Ripps
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Poplar Ripps is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ripps
- Spring Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- The Forks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- The Forks has also been known as:
- The Forks Plantation
- Plantation of The Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <4>
- Somerset Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
- Lake Moxie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Moxie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Moxie
- Rockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Caratunk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Pond
- Troutdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Troutdale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountymaine.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Farmington
- Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Attean ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Attean.
- Keough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Keough is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keough
- Skinner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Skinner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
- Lowelltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lowelltown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowelltown
- Moosehorn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moosehorn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
- Round Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Coburn Gore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Gore
- Eustis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stratton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Piscataquis County
- County Website: https://www.piscataquis.us/
- County Seat for Piscataquis: Dover - Foxcroft
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Attean ...
- Moosehead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Attean) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Attean, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |