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 Baldwin (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 Baldwin. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Baldwin is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Baldwin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baldwin:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Baldwin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- West Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Sebago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frye Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frye Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- South Bridgton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Casco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Standish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- North Gorham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Gorham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gorham
- North Windham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windham
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- West Poland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Poland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Poland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Mechanic Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moussam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Danville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Minot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Littlefield Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Rumford Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- West Minot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Minot
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penley Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Rankins Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Kezar Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- East Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Porter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Merrill Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Spurrs Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- East Fryeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Cornish
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Limington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- East Limington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Limington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Limington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- East Parsonsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Parsonsfield is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
- Limerick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Arrowhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Chicopee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- North Parsonsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Kimbles Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Parsonsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Effingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Madison is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
- Woodman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Center Conway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Wakefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Chatham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Ossipee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Strafford County (NH)
- Middleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baldwin, see our County-by-County Page for Baldwin.
Cemeteries Near Baldwin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwin.
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 Baldwin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baldwin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Larrabee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ridlon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ridlon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wiggins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson - Thorne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rounds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Goodwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- York Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Baldwin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baldwin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baldwin, with the one closest to Baldwin listed first.
- North Baldwin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Baldwin
- East Sebago
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Sebago is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sebago
- Rankins Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- West Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Steep Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sebago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Hiram
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Cornish
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Sebago
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Sebago is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sebago
- Hiram
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Limington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Limington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Limington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- South Hiram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hiram
- Richville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baldwin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldwin.
Newspapers Published in Baldwin ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldwin, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldwin.
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 Baldwin:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Oxford County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Strafford 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> | 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 Baldwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baldwin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |