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Nearest Communities to Coburn Gore,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Coburn Gore.<1>

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


Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Coburn Gore. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Franklin 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 Coburn Gore (which is Franklin 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 Coburn Gore

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

  • Franklin County   (where Coburn Gore resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountymaine.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Farmington
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Coburn Gore   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Coburn Gore.
      • Moosehorn ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Moosehorn is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
      • Round Mountain
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
      • Lowelltown
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Skinner
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Skinner is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
      • Keough
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Keough is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keough
      • Kennebago
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Kennebago is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago
      • Grants Camps
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Grants Camps is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Camps
      • Davis Town
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
      • Kennebago Settlement
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kennebago Settlement is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago Settlement
      • The Landing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • The Landing is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
      • Eustis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Langtown Mill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Langtown Mill is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langtown Mill
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Stratton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Kamankeag ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Kamankeag is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamankeag
        • Loon Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
        • Coplin Plantation
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
        • Mooselookmeguntic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Mooselookmeguntic is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooselookmeguntic
        • Mountainview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Oquossoc
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Dallas Plantation
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
        • Dead River ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Dead River is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
        • Mingo Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
        • Rangeley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Dallas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Dallas is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
        • South Rangeley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • South Rangeley is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rangeley
  • Oxford County
  • Somerset County
    • County Website:   https://somersetcounty-me.org/
    • County Seat for Somerset:   Skowhegan
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Coburn Gore   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Coburn Gore.
      • Holeb
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Spring Lake is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Attean ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Attean is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean
      • Three Streams
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Three Streams is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams
      • Spring Lake Landing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Spring Lake Landing is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Landing
      • Attean Landing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Attean Landing is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean Landing
      • Hayden Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hayden Landing is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Landing
      • Dennistown Plantation
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dennistown Plantation is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown Plantation
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Dyerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Dyerville is located in Somerset County
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  • Coos County

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 from Point A (ie- Coburn Gore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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