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 Dallas Plantation (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 Dallas Plantation. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Dallas Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dallas Plantation:
- Franklin County (The home county of Dallas Plantation)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- Rangeley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coplin Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Sandy River Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Mountainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Oquossoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eustis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stratton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
- East Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Bigelow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bigelow is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- Upper Dam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Byron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Lincoln Plantation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Magalloway Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Middle Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Wilsons Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Roxbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Andover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- South Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Mexico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Upton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- New Portland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Highland Plantation
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- East New Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East New Portland is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Second College Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dallas Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Dallas Plantation.
Cemeteries Near Dallas Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dallas Plantation.
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 Dallas Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dallas Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- Rangeley Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madrid Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eustis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips - Maine Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avon Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Robertson Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Strong Town Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Byron Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Dallas Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dallas Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dallas Plantation, with the one closest to Dallas Plantation listed first.
- Dead River ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dead River is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
- Rangeley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Eustis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stratton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bemis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Phillips
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Byron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Kingfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilsons Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Middle Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Weld
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Strong
(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 Dallas Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dallas Plantation.
Newspapers Published in Dallas Plantation ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dallas Plantation.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dallas Plantation, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dallas Plantation.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dallas Plantation:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- Somerset County
- Coos 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> | 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 Dallas Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dallas Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |