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A visit to the Back Ridge Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Back Ridge Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Back Ridge Cemetery:

44.5483, -68.6742

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Back Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Back Ridge Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.

The county seat for Hancock County is located in Ellsworth. Ellsworth lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the Back Ridge Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Back Ridge Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Back Ridge Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Back Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
  • West Surry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The West Surry Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Surry Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Gross Point Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Gross Point Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Point Cemetery
  • Leaches Point Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Whitman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Whitman Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman Cemetery
  • Buck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Buck Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
  • Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Village Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Cemetery
  • Whitman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Whitman Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman Cemetery
  • Leach Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Leach Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
  • Bridges Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Bridges Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Cemetery
  • Cunningham Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Cunningham Ridge Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Ridge Cemetery
    • The Cunningham Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hilton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89792 <5>
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Silver Lake Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Silver Lake Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Cemetery
    • Buck Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Buck Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
    • Hutchins Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hutchins Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins Cemetery
    • Bay Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Bay Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Cemetery
    • South Penobscot Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Birch Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Birch Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Grove Cemetery
    • Granite Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Granite Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • Cottle Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Cottle Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
      • The Cottle Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottle Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438532 <5>
    • Perry Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Perry Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
    • Westcott Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Westcott Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcott Cemetery
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Back Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Back Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • East Orland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • North Penobscot
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
  • Orland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Verona Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Verona Island is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Former name for Verona Island:
    • Verona
  • Bucksport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Prospect Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
  • Sandy Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • West Penobscot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
  • North Ellsworth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
  • Stockton Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Surry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,504 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surry <6>
  • Dedham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bucksport Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
    • Prospect
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Blue Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winterport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Frankfort
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Brooksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Goodale Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • East Blue Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Castine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Penobscot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Hill Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Hill Falls is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill Falls
    • Ellsworth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • North Winterport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Back Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hancock County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Back Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Back Ridge Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Maine:
  • Pages specific to Hancock County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Back Ridge Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #561411  (Back Ridge Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #561411 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Hancock
      • Est. Elev: 81 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Orland
      • Location given for Back Ridge Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.54826     Lon: -68.67423
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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- Back Ridge Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.