Nearest Communities to Bowerbank,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bowerbank, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bowerbank:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Bowerbank.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bowerbank is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Penobscot County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 120 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bowerbank. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Penobscot County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Bowerbank (which is Penobscot County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Bowerbank
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Penobscot County (where Bowerbank resides)
- County Website: https://www.penobscot-county.net/
- County Seat for Penobscot: Bangor
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowerbank ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowerbank.
- Woodard ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodard was located in Penobscot County
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- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chester is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Pea Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge is also located in Penobscot County
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- South Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Lincoln is also located in Penobscot County
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- Gilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilford is also located in Penobscot County
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- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Seboeis is also located in Penobscot County
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- Lincoln Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Center is also located in Penobscot County
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- Former name for Lincoln Center:
- Lincoln Centre
- North Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Lincoln is also located in Penobscot County
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- Libby Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Libby Corner is also located in Penobscot County
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- Seboeis Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seboeis Plantation is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- South Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Woodville is also located in Penobscot County
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- Morgan Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morgan Beach is also located in Penobscot County
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- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Enfield is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- West Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maxfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maxfield is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Howland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winn is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Crockertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crockertown is also located in Penobscot County
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- East Winn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Winn is also located in Penobscot County
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- Mattawamkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowville is also located in Penobscot County
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- Passadumkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Passadumkeag is also located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Lee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lee is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <4>
- Medway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Medway is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medway <4>
- Oak Park Manor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Park Manor is also located in Penobscot County
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- Silverwood Court
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Silverwood Court is also located in Penobscot County
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- Jordan Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Mills is also located in Penobscot County
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- Webb Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Hill is also located in Penobscot County
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- Edinburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Burlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Lowell is also located in Penobscot County
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- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Dolby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dolby is also located in Penobscot County
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- East Millinocket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Back Settlement
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Back Settlement is also located in Penobscot County
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- West Seboeis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Seboeis is also located in Penobscot County
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- Gordon ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon was located in Penobscot County
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- Little Italy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little Italy is also located in Penobscot County
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- Millinocket
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norcross
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Norcross is also located in Penobscot County
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- Perkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is also located in Penobscot County
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- Bowden ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bowden was located in Penobscot County
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- Olamon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Olamon is also located in Penobscot County
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- Lagrange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saponac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saponac is also located in Penobscot County
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- Greenbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is also located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- Drake Place ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Drake Place was located in Penobscot County
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- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kingman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Lagrange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Lagrange is also located in Penobscot County
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- Grindstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grindstone is also located in Penobscot County
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- Argyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Argyle is also located in Penobscot County
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- Cardville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cardville is also located in Penobscot County
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- Storers Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Storers Corner is also located in Penobscot County
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- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeville is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- South Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Springfield is also located in Penobscot County
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- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is also located in Penobscot County
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- Prentiss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prentiss is also located in Penobscot County
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- Hay Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hay Brook is also located in Penobscot County
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- Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alton is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <4>
- Bradford Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Station is also located in Penobscot County
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- Huntington Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington Mill is also located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Mill
- Plantation of Prentiss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Plantation of Prentiss is also located in Penobscot County
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- Costigan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Costigan is also located in Penobscot County
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- Bradford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Center is also located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Former name for Bradford Center:
- Bradford Centre
- North Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bradford is also located in Penobscot County
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- Carroll
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carroll is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Gantners Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gantners Landing is also located in Penobscot County
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- Drew Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drew Plantation is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Crocker Turn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crocker Turn is also located in Penobscot County
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- High Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- High Landing is also located in Penobscot County
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- Gerry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gerry is also located in Penobscot County
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- Pea Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pea Cove is also located in Penobscot County
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- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Old Town is also located in Penobscot County
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- Davidson ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Davidson was located in Penobscot County
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- Upper Drew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Drew is also located in Penobscot County
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- French Settlement
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- French Settlement is also located in Penobscot County
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- Pushaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pushaw is also located in Penobscot County
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- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson is also located in Penobscot County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Aroostook County
- County Website: https://aroostook.me.us/
- County Seat for Aroostook: Houlton
- Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the northwest and the Province of New Brunswick to the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowerbank ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowerbank.
- Molunkus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
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- Macwahoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc is located in Aroostook County
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- Macwahoc Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Benedicta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Monarda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monarda is located in Aroostook County
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- Wytopitlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
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- Hancock County
- County Website: https://hancockcountymaine.gov/
- County Seat for Hancock: Ellsworth
- Note: The Atlantic Ocean lies to the south
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowerbank ...
- Myra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Myra is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Piscataquis County
- County Website: https://www.piscataquis.us/
- County Seat for Piscataquis: Dover - Foxcroft
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bowerbank ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bowerbank.
- Hardy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy is located in Piscataquis County
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- Medford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Lake View Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
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- Former name for Medford Center:
- Medford Centre
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
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- Lake View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
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- Knights Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Knights Landing is located in Piscataquis County
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- Packards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Packards is located in Piscataquis County
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- Schoodic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Schoodic is located in Piscataquis County
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- Boyd Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
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- Parkers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkers is located in Piscataquis County
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- Mill Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Brook is located in Piscataquis County
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- Derby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Piscataquis County
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- Milo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <4>
- Brownville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
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- Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie is located in Piscataquis County
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- Mooresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mooresville is located in Piscataquis County
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- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Piscataquis County
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- Sebec Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sebec Corners is located in Piscataquis County
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- South Sebec
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
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- Barnard Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barnard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
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- Barnard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
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- Sebec
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stephensons Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stephensons Landing is located in Piscataquis County
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- Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Atkinson Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
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- Bowerbank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Parson Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Parson Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parson Landing
- Steadman Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowerbank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bowerbank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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