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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 Bradford (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 Bradford. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Bradford is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Bradford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bradford:

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Bradford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradford, with the one closest to Bradford listed first.
    • North Bradford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hudson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hudson is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
    • Charleston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • South Lagrange
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Corinth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Corinth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
      • Corinth is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corinth <3>
    • Lagrange
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Old Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
    • Kenduskeag
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • East Exeter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Exeter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
      • East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to East Exeter
      • From Bradford to East Exeter
    • Garland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradford, with the one closest to Bradford listed first.
    • Dedham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dedham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
      • Dedham is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dedham <3>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dedham
      • From Bradford to Dedham
    • Bucksport Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradford, with the one closest to Bradford listed first.
    • Boyd Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
      • Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boyd Lake
      • From Bradford to Boyd Lake
    • Atkinson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Atkinson Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Dover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
      • South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to South Dover
      • From Bradford to South Dover
    • Dover South Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Medford Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Milo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Medford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dover - Foxcroft
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover - Foxcroft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover - Foxcroft
      • Dover - Foxcroft is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,086 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover - Foxcroft <3>
    • Sebec
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebec have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
      • Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <3>
    • Brownville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
      • Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <3>
    • Adams
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradford, with the one closest to Bradford listed first.
    • Ripley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Detroit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Detroit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
      • Detroit is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Detroit <3>
    • Palmyra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Albans
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
      • Saint Albans is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,979 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <3>
    • Cambridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Cambridge is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <3>
    • Dogtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Hartland is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartland <3>
    • Houston Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Palmyra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mainstream
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Pittsfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Harmony is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 895 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harmony <3>
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bradford, with the one closest to Bradford listed first.
    • North Winterport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Winterport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport
      • Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winterport <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Bradford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bradford.

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

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

  • Corner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trask Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trask Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trask Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Williams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Orneville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orneville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orneville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Corinthian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corinthian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corinthian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Boutell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boutell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boutell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gould Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gould Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gould Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • No Exeter Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the No Exeter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the No Exeter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Exeter Mills Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Exeter Mills Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Exeter Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lucas Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lucas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lucas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bradford had a population of 140 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Bradford had a population of 1,220 people.

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

  • Bradford Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradford Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
    • Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
  • North Bradford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hudson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Hudson is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
  • Charleston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Corinth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corinth
    • East Corinth is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Corinth <3>
  • Corinth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Corinth is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corinth <3>
  • South Corinth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • South Lagrange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Charleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
    • West Charleston is located in Penobscot County
  • West Corinth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth
    • West Corinth is located in Penobscot County
  • Lagrange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Boyd Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
    • Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Boyd Lake
    • From Bradford to Boyd Lake
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Atkinson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Exeter Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Mills
      • Exeter Mills is located in Penobscot County
    • West Old Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bradford ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bradford.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bradford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bradford and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bradford.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6> of Bradford.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Bradford:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bradford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bradford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Bradford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bradford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0671, Longitude: -68.9366       In this case, the coordinates for Bradford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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