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 Davis Town (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 Davis Town. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Davis Town 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 Davis Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davis Town:
- Franklin County (The home county of Davis Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Town, with the one closest to Davis Town listed first.
- Mountainview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Oquossoc
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rangeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Coplin Plantation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Bemis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Eustis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stratton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sandy River Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Coburn Gore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Gore
- Madrid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bigelow
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bigelow is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- East Madrid
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Town, with the one closest to Davis Town listed first.
- Upper Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Lincoln Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Wilsons Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Magalloway Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 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 south)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Byron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Upton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davis Town, with the one closest to Davis Town listed first.
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Second College Grant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
- Idlewilde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Dixs Grant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Happy Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Errol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixville Notch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Davis Town, see our County-by-County Page for Davis Town.
Cemeteries Near Davis Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davis Town.
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 Davis Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davis Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Davis Town, with the one closest to Davis Town listed first.
- Rangeley Village Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eustis Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madrid Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Byron Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips - Maine Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
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 Davis Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davis Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Davis Town, with the one closest to Davis Town listed first.
- Rangeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dead River ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dead River is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
- Wilsons Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Bemis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Eustis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stratton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Middle Dam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Madrid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Byron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Errol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Phillips
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Davis Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Davis Town.
Newspapers Published in Davis Town ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davis Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davis Town, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davis Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Davis Town:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford 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 Davis Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Davis Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |