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A visit to the Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Hill Cemetery:

44.2592, -68.6475

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

The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.

The county seat for Hancock County is located in Ellsworth. Ellsworth lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Forest Hill Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Hill Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Forest Hill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Reach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Reach Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reach Cemetery
  • Mt. Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Mt. Adams Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Adams Cemetery
  • Carters Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Carters Point Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Point Cemetery
  • Forest Home Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home Cemetery
  • Blastow's Cove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Brooklin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Grays Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Grays Hill Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Hill Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Stinson's Neck Cemetery
    • Sunshine Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89873 <5>
  • Mt. Ephraim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mt. Ephraim Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Ephraim Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Ephraim Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Brooklin.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90246 <5>
  • Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Rural Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Freethy Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • The Freethy Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freethy Cemetery
    • Old Birchland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Old Birchland Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Birchland Cemetery
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Douglass Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Douglass Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Douglass Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Blue Hill.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2467995 <5>
    • Witherspoon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Witherspoon Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon Cemetery
    • Quinn Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Quinn Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn Cemetery
    • Forest Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Forest Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Cemetery
    • Long Island Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Long Island Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Hill Cemetery.

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

  • Deer Isle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountainville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mountainville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
  • Sargentville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
  • Brooklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Haven is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
  • Sedgwick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Deer Isle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Brooklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Brooklin is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooklin
  • Oceanville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oceanville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
  • Brooksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Blue Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • South Blue Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Blue Hill
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Blue Hill Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blue Hill Falls is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill Falls
    • Cape Rosier
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
    • Harborside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Brooksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Blue Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Castine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Penobscot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Swans Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Atlantic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Atlantic is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
    • Seal Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • East Blue Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • Minturn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Minturn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
    • North Islesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • Islesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people

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 Forest Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Hancock County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

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

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #566386  (Forest Hill Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #566386 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: 25 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sargentville
      • Location given for Forest Hill Cemetery:
      • Lat: 44.2592461     Lon: -68.6475253
      • 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Hill 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.