A visit to the Pierce 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 Pierce Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pierce Cemetery:
45.7745, -68.1253
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pierce Cemetery is located in Aroostook County<2>.
The county seat for Aroostook County is located in Houlton. Houlton lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pierce Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pierce Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Pierce Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pierce Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Twombly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Twombly Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Cemetery
- Eastman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Eastman Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman Cemetery
- Clifford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Clifford Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford Cemetery
- Rollins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Rollins Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Cemetery
- Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Tuck Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tuck Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Haynesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394821 <5>
- Karnes Gellerson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Haynesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90466 <5>
- Blaisdell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Blaisdell Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaisdell Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Haynesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2377107 <5>
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Silver Ridge Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge Cemetery
- Wytopitlock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Wytopitlock Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock Cemetery
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- Selden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Selden Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden Cemetery
- Drew Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Drew Cemetery is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hiram T Smith Grave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hiram T Smith Grave is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram T Smith Grave
- Village Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Village Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Cemetery
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Trout Brook Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Brook Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brackett Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503908 <5>
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Benedict Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Benedict Cemetery
- Butterfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Butterfield Cemetery is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pierce Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pierce Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Glenwood Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Reed Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Haynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Bancroft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Wytopitlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Macwahoc Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Drew Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Molunkus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Benedicta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Danforth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orient
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sherman Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Kingman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sherman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Sherman Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
- Island Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pemberton Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Plantation of Prentiss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cary is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Cary has also been known as:
- Cary Plantation
- Linneus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Linneus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
- Stacyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 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 Pierce Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Aroostook County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pierce Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pierce Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maine:
- Pages specific to Aroostook 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 Pierce Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #579012 (Pierce Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #579012 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: Aroostook
- Est. Elev: 204 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wytopitlock Lake
- Location given for Pierce Cemetery:
- Lat: 45.7745019 Lon: -68.1252971
- 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 Aroostook, 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' (or 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- Pierce 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. |
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