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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 Costigan (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 Costigan. 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.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Costigan is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Costigan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Costigan:

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Costigan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Costigan, with the one closest to Costigan listed first.
    • Greenbush
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Milford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Alton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Alton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Old Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bradley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Olamon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Olamon is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
    • Stillwater
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • West Old Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Webster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Old Town Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town Landing is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Landing
    • Orono
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Orono is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <1>
    • Lucky Landing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Costigan, with the one closest to Costigan listed first.
    • Great Pond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Amherst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Aurora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dedham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mariaville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mariaville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
    • Otis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Otis is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
    • Osborn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Osborn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Waltham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Waltham is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Bucksport Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • North Ellsworth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
    • Eastbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Orland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Orland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Piscataquis County
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Costigan, with the one closest to Costigan listed first.
    • North Winterport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Winterport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Washington County
    • Beddington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Costigan, see our County-by-County Page for Costigan.

Cemeteries Near Costigan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Costigan.

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 Costigan - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Costigan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Costigan, with the one closest to Costigan listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Costigan had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Costigan, with the one closest to Costigan listed first.

  • Pea Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pea Cove is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Cove
  • Argyle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Argyle is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Cardville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cardville is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardville
  • Milford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greenbush
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
  • Alton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Alton is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
  • Old Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Great Works
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Great Works is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
  • Bradley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Old Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Olamon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Olamon is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
  • Webster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Greenfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Orono
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Orono is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <1>
    • Basin Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Basin Mills is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Mills

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Costigan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Costigan.

Newspapers Published in Costigan ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Costigan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Costigan, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Costigan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Costigan:

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 Costigan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Costigan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.