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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Danish Village. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Danish Village to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Danish Village, please Contact Us.
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 Danish Village (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 Danish Village. 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 Danish Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Danish Village: Danish Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Danish Village is historic, it would have been located within present day Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Danish Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Danish Village:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Danish Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- Scarborough
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Scarborough
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Grand Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Cash Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- North Scarborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Prouts Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Stroudwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Sagamore Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sagamore Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Village
- South Portland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ferry Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- Durham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- Durgintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- East Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Rankins Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- Sebasco Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Small Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Sabino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Topsham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- Old Orchard Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Ocean Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Biddeford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford Pool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bar Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Airport Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hollis Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chicopee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Adams Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Danish Village, see our County-by-County Page for Danish Village.
Cemeteries Near Danish Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danish Village.
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 Danish Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Danish Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- West Scarboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nonesuch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooklawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Brooklawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #852912 <3>
- Temple Beth El Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Beth El Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Beth El Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Temple Beth El Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Beth El Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342716 <3>
- South Gorham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Western Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Hyacinthe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bay View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Danish Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Danish Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Danish Village, with the one closest to Danish Village listed first.
- West Scarborough
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Pine Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Pine Point Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Point Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point Beach
- Old Orchard Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prouts Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Scarborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Cash Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Knightville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Knightville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Pleasantdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Stroudwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Bay View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bay View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- South Portland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Deering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Cumberland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Mills
- South Buxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Buxton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buxton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Danish Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danish Village.
Newspapers Published in Danish Village ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danish Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danish Village, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Danish Village.
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 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 Danish Village:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Danish Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Danish Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |