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 Back Narrows (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 Back Narrows. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Back Narrows is located in Lincoln County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Kennebec, Knox, Sagadahoc & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Back Narrows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Back Narrows:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Back Narrows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- East Boothbay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- South Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boothbay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pemaquid Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pemaquid Beach is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Beach
- Pemaquid Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pemaquid Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Harbor
- Pemaquid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Edgecomb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Edgecomb is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgecomb
- Linekin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linekin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
- Boothbay Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Boothbay Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Edgecomb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- Lisbon Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Wales
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Sabattus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- Harding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- East Harpswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Cundys Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pennellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Harpswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harpswell Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Orrs Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bunganuc Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Merepoint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- West Harpswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Bailey Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Island
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- East Pittston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- South Gardiner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Gardiner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pittston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Chelsea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farmingdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Litchfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Windsor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- Batchelders Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Purgatory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- Friendship
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- South Cushing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Cushing is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cushing
- Port Clyde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Tenants Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cushing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Long Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cove
- Saint George
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint George is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
- Warren Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- Warren
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spruce Head
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- MacMahan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Murphys Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowsic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woolwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Days Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Phippsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Popham Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Sabino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harwards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Back Narrows, see our County-by-County Page for Back Narrows.
Cemeteries Near Back Narrows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Back Narrows.
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 Back Narrows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Back Narrows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ocean View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wiley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farnham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Main Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bristol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tarbox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jewett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- North Edgecomb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poole - Greenlaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Back Narrows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Back Narrows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Back Narrows, with the one closest to Back Narrows listed first.
- East Boothbay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boothbay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Bristol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boothbay Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Linekin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linekin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
- Pemaquid Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pemaquid Beach is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Beach
- Pemaquid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Bristol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Bristol is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bristol
- East Edgecomb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Edgecomb is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgecomb
- Southport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mouse Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- Edgecomb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Walpole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trevett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ocean Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ocean Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Back Narrows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Back Narrows.
Newspapers Published in Back Narrows ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Back Narrows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Back Narrows, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Back Narrows.
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 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 Back Narrows:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Sagadahoc County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Back Narrows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Back Narrows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |