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Nearest Communities to Chesuncook,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Chesuncook, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Chesuncook:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Chesuncook.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Chesuncook is located in Piscataquis County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 10 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Chesuncook. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Piscataquis County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Chesuncook (which is Piscataquis County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Chesuncook

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Piscataquis County   (where Chesuncook resides)
    • County Seat for Piscataquis:   Dover - Foxcroft
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chesuncook   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chesuncook.
      • North East Carry
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North East Carry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North East Carry
        • North East Carry is located in Piscataquis County
      • McCarty
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCarty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarty
        • McCarty is located in Piscataquis County
      • Pine Knoll
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll
        • Pine Knoll is located in Piscataquis County
      • The Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
        • The Crossing is located in Piscataquis County
      • New City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
        • New City is located in Piscataquis County
      • Old City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
        • Old City is located in Piscataquis County
      • Kokadjo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokadjo
        • Kokadjo is located in Piscataquis County
  • Somerset County
    • County Seat for Somerset:   Skowhegan
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chesuncook   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chesuncook.
      • Seboomook
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboomook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboomook
        • Seboomook is located in Somerset County
      • Ogontz
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ogontz have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
        • Ogontz is located in Somerset County
      • Rockwood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Rockwood is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwood <5>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chesuncook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chesuncook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0603, Longitude: -69.4095       In this case, the coordinates for Chesuncook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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