Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Codyville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Codyville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Codyville ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Codyville has also been known as: Codyville Plantation.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Codyville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Codyville.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived 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.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Codyville is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near Codyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Codyville:
- Washington County (The home county of Codyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Codyville, with the one closest to Codyville listed first.
- Topsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Brookton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
- Waite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Talmadge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Forest City Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Forest City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Vanceboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Danforth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake Stream
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baileyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Codyville, with the one closest to Codyville listed first.
- Weston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Wytopitlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Orient
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Reed Plantation
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Haynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Macwahoc Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Codyville, with the one closest to Codyville listed first.
- Carroll
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Plantation of Prentiss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Drew Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Lakeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Codyville, see our County-by-County Page for Codyville.
Cemeteries Near Codyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Codyville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Codyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Codyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Codyville, with the one closest to Codyville listed first.
- Brookton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vanceboro Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Danforth Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Annes Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of McAdam (NB).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171983 <2>
- Princeton Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scotch Ridge Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ballie Baptist Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (37 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Belding Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Moores Mills Annex Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Codyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Codyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Codyville, with the one closest to Codyville listed first.
- Topsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Brookton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Lambert Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
- Waite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Eaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Forest City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Vanceboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Danforth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Grand Lake Stream
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Weston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Baileyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Codyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Codyville.
Newspapers Published in Codyville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Codyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Codyville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Codyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Codyville:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Penobscot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Codyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Codyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |