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 Cape Cottage (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 Cape Cottage. 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 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.
Cape Cottage is located in 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Cape Cottage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cape Cottage:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Cape Cottage)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- Ferry Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- South Portland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Diamond Island Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peaks Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Portland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Long Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waites Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waites Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waites Landing
- Stroudwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lisbon Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Littlefield Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- West Poland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- Sebasco Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Small Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Sabino
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Topsham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Phippsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Arrowsic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woolwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- Old Orchard Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Ocean Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford Pool
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Bar Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Airport Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Chicopee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Adams Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cape Cottage, see our County-by-County Page for Cape Cottage.
Cemeteries Near Cape Cottage ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cape Cottage.
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 Cape Cottage - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cape Cottage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bay View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pond Cove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eastern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Western Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stroudwater Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Cape Cottage in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cape Cottage.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cape Cottage, with the one closest to Cape Cottage listed first.
- South Portland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peaks Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Knightville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Knightville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Portland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Cape Elizabeth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Deering
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Deering is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Long Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodfords
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodfords is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
- Deering
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Deering is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Stroudwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Falmouth Foreside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- Cumberland Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cape Cottage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cape Cottage.
Newspapers Published in Cape Cottage ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape Cottage.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cape Cottage, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cape Cottage.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cape Cottage:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Sagadahoc County
- York 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 Cape Cottage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cape Cottage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |