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 Brownville (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 Brownville. 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 Brownville ...
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.
Another variation: Brownsville.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brownville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brownville.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brownville is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Brownville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownville:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Brownville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownville, with the one closest to Brownville listed first.
- Brownville Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brownville Junction is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Milo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milo is also 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>
- Sebec
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebec is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <1>
- Adams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Adams is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake View Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View Plantation is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Medford is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Bowerbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Steadman Landing is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Medford Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Medford Center is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Former name for Medford Center:
- Medford Centre
- Atkinson Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Boyd Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Dover - Foxcroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownville, with the one closest to Brownville listed first.
- Maxfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- North Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Lagrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Charleston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- South Lagrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Former name for Bradford Center:
- Bradford Centre
- Howland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Silvers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- West Enfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownville, with the one closest to Brownville listed first.
- Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Cambridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownville, see our County-by-County Page for Brownville.
Cemeteries Near Brownville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownville.
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 Brownville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownville, with the one closest to Brownville listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farnham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gould Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orneville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (77 more) ...
- Schoodic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Medford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hart Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brownville had a population of 450 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Brownville had a population of 1,197 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownville, with the one closest to Brownville listed first.
- Brownville Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brownville Junction is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Sebec
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sebec is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <1>
- Milo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milo is also 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>
- Barnard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnard is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake View is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- South Sebec
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Sebec is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Medford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Medford is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- East Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Dover is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Atkinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Boyd Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Medford Center is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Former name for Medford Center:
- Medford Centre
- South Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Dover is also located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- North Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Lagrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maxfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownville.
Newspapers Published in Brownville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Brownville:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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 Brownville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brownville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |