A visit to the Plains 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 Plains Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Plains Cemetery:
44.1520, -69.9417
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Plains Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Plains Cemetery is located in Kennebec County<2>.
The county seat for Kennebec County is located in Augusta. Augusta lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Plains Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Plains Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Plains Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The North Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
- East Wales Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The East Wales Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wales Cemetery
- Plumer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Plumer Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer Cemetery
- Monmouth Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Starbird Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Starbird Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbird Cemetery
- Blanchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Blanchard Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Pond Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Pond Road Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Road Cemetery
- Spear Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Spear Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spear Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Sabattus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90576 <5>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Hix Small Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hix Small Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix Small Cemetery
- Curtis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Curtis Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Cemetery
- Libby Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairbanks Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks Cemetery
- Golder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Golder Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golder Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Drinkwater Corner
- Furbush Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Furbush Cemetery is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furbush Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Coombs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Coombs Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coombs Cemetery
- Cotton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cotton Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Cemetery
- The Cotton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Richmond Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89777 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friends Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Purgatory.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2245198 <5>
- Howard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Howard Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Purgatory.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2482010 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Plains Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Litchfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Litchfield Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Batchelders Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- South Monmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Richmond Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Purgatory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- West Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Bowdoin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Wales Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Drinkwater Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Monmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Sabattus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowdoin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nason Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Harwards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- North Monmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Gardiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Gardiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoinham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pittston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmingdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Curtis Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Winthrop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Plains Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kennebec County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Plains Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bowdoinham
- Gardiner
- Pittston
- Richmond
- Winthrop
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 websites either 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 Plains Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maine:
- Pages specific to Kennebec 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 Plains Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #573468 (Plains Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #573468 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: Kennebec
- Est. Elev: 95 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Purgatory
- Location given for Plains Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.1520177 Lon: -69.9417164
- 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 Kennebec, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plains 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. |