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 Bonny Eagle (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 Bonny Eagle. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Bonny Eagle is primarily located in York County. A portion of Bonny Eagle extends into 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 York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Bonny Eagle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonny Eagle:
- York County (The home county of Bonny Eagle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- Kimbles Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Chicopee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- East Limington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Hollis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- South Limington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- Limington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Limington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Buxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Hollis Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bar Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Arrowhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Clarks Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- West Poland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Poland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- East Poland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Moussam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- Standish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Steep Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Windham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Newhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newhall is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- North Gorham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Gorham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gorham
- North Scarborough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Frye Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frye Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Baldwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Westbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Baldwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- Durgintown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- East Hiram
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Kezar Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Rankins Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Hiram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Denmark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Brownfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Merrill Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Spurrs Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- South Effingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodman
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Effingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Wakefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Ossipee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Madison is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
- Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Chickville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- Middleton
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- North Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonny Eagle, see our County-by-County Page for Bonny Eagle.
Cemeteries Near Bonny Eagle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonny Eagle.
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 Bonny Eagle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonny Eagle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Gorham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meeting House Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shaws Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bear Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Buston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <2>
- North Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Lord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bonny Eagle had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonny Eagle, with the one closest to Bonny Eagle listed first.
- West Buxton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Hollis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hollis
- Chicopee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- East Limington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- West Hollis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hollis
- Hollis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- Buxton Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buxton Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton Center
- Standish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Limington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- North Limington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Limington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hollis Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bar Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Gorham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gorham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonny Eagle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonny Eagle.
Newspapers Published in Bonny Eagle ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonny Eagle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonny Eagle, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonny Eagle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bonny Eagle:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford 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> | 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 Bonny Eagle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bonny Eagle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |