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 Basin Mills (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 Basin Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Basin Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Basin Mills: Basin Mls. (or less commonly used: Basin Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Basin Mills is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Basin Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Basin Mills:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Basin Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- Webster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Webster is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Orono
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Bradley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eddington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Veazie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Eddington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Lucky Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- Dedham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Amherst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Otis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mariaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Bucksport Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Great Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- North Ellsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Waltham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waltham is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Osborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Osborn is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Bucksport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Orland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Orland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Atkinson Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Medford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- South Dover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Dover South Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Milo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- North Winterport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- North Searsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Stockton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Swanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- Beddington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Basin Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Basin Mills.
Cemeteries Near Basin Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Basin Mills.
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 Basin Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Basin Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- North Eddington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- RNOP Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lawndale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beth Abraham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Brewer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90734 <2>
- Clewleyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Basin Mills had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Basin Mills, with the one closest to Basin Mills listed first.
- Orono
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Webster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Webster is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Veazie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eddington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bradley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Great Works
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Great Works is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Old Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Eddington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Six Mile Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Pea Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pea Cove is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Cove
- North Bangor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bangor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Basin Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Basin Mills.
Newspapers Published in Basin Mills ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Basin Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Basin Mills, 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 Basin Mills.
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 Basin Mills:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis County
- Waldo County
- Washington 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> | 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- Basin Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Basin Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |