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 Crockertown (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 Crockertown. 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 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.
Crockertown is located in Penobscot County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties 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 Crockertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crockertown:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Crockertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- Lee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Lee is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <1>
- Winn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Mattawamkeag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawamkeag
- Mattawamkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mattawamkeag <1>
- South Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Springfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Lakeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <1>
- Kingman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
- Kingman is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingman <1>
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Pea Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Carroll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Plantation of Prentiss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation of Prentiss have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation of Prentiss
- Plantation of Prentiss is located in Penobscot County
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- Molunkus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Macwahoc Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macwahoc Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Wytopitlock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wytopitlock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Reed Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bancroft
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Benedicta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedicta
- Benedicta is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benedicta <1>
- Glenwood Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Weston is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <1>
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- Medford Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Lake View Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- Talmadge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Brookton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Brookton is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookton <1>
- Topsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Danforth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danforth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Danforth is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danforth <1>
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Waite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Grand Lake Stream
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream
- Grand Lake Stream is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake Stream <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crockertown, see our County-by-County Page for Crockertown.
Cemeteries Near Crockertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crockertown.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crockertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- Academy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Academy Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Academy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Winn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Winn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Winn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Half Twp. Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Half Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Chester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Chester Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Chester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Winn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Winn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Winn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Snow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middle Chester Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middle Chester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Transalpine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Transalpine Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Transalpine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Belding Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belding Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belding Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (41 more) ...
- Page Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Page Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Turner Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Repose Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Repose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Page Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Crockertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crockertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crockertown, with the one closest to Crockertown listed first.
- East Winn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Lee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Lee is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <1>
- Winn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Mattawamkeag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawamkeag
- Mattawamkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mattawamkeag <1>
- North Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Lincoln Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <1>
- South Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Springfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Kingman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
- Kingman is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingman <1>
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carroll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- South Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Lincoln. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Burlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Burlington is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <1>
- Carroll
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crockertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crockertown.
Newspapers Published in Crockertown ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crockertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crockertown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crockertown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Crockertown:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Maine State Archives
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Piscataquis County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Aroostook County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Penobscot County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Penobscot County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crockertown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
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 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. |
| <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> | 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 Crockertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Crockertown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crockertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3951, Longitude: -68.2967 In this case, the coordinates for Crockertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |