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 Settlement (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 Settlement. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Back Settlement 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 Back Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Back Settlement:

• Aroostook County     (The home county of Back Settlement)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Back Settlement, with the one closest to Back Settlement listed first.
  • Saint Francis
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
    • Saint Francis is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
  • Saint John Plantation
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John Plantation
    • Saint John Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
  • Allagash
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allagash have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allagash
    • Allagash is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Wallagrass
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallagrass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallagrass
    • Wallagrass is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
  • Soldier Pond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Pond
    • Soldier Pond is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soldier Pond <2>
  • Fort Kent Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Kent Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent Village
    • Fort Kent Village is located in Aroostook County
  • Fort Kent Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Kent Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent Mills
    • Fort Kent Mills is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Kent Mills <2>
  • Fort Kent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent
    • Fort Kent is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,805 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Kent <2>
  • Eagle Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
    • Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Lake <2>
  • New Canada
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Canada have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canada
    • New Canada is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
  • Winterville Plantation
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterville Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville Plantation
    • Winterville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
  • Quimby
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quimby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quimby
    • Quimby is located in Aroostook County
  • Winterville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville
    • Winterville is located in Aroostook County

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

Newspapers Published in Back Settlement ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Back Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Back Settlement, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Back Settlement.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Settlement:

• 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 Back Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Back Settlement.

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 Back Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery
• St. Charles Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Cemetery
• Old St. Charles Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Charles Cemetery
• St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
• St. John Catholic Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Catholic Cemetery
• Bolton Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bolton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bolton Cemetery
• St. Paul Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
• St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
• St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery
• Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery is located in Soldier Pond.
  • The Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Joseph RC Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2382341 <4>
• St. Josephs Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
• Congregational Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregational Cemetery
• Continue List   (15 more) ...
  • St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fort Kent.
    • The St. Louis Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old St. Louis Cemetery
    • St. Louis Cemetery Old
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2393985 <4>
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
  • St. Louis Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Louis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis 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>

While we didn't find Back Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Back Settlement.

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

• Saint Francis
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
  • Saint Francis is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
• Wallagrass
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallagrass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallagrass
  • Wallagrass is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
• Fort Kent
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent
  • Fort Kent is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Kent <2>
• Eagle Lake
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
  • Eagle Lake is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Lake <2>
• Upper Frenchville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Frenchville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Frenchville
  • Upper Frenchville is located in Aroostook County
• Frenchville
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
  • Frenchville is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchville <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Back Settlement. 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/