Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Drake Place. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drake Place to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drake Place, 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 Drake Place (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 Drake Place. 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 Drake Place ...
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 Drake Place: Drake Pl. (or less commonly used: Drake Plc.)
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Drake Place is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Drake Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drake Place:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Drake Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drake Place, with the one closest to Drake Place listed first.
- South Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plantation of Prentiss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mattawamkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Drew Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drake Place, with the one closest to Drake Place listed first.
- Wytopitlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Molunkus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Macwahoc Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Bancroft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Reed Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Hancock County
- Great Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drake Place, with the one closest to Drake Place listed first.
- Talmadge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Topsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Brookton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Grand Lake Stream
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Codyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Danforth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Forest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drake Place, see our County-by-County Page for Drake Place.
Cemeteries Near Drake Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drake Place.
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 Drake Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drake Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drake Place, with the one closest to Drake Place listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Academy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belding Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Winn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Chester Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Winn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Snow Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Page Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drew Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Drake Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drake Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drake Place, with the one closest to Drake Place listed first.
- South Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Springfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Winn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
- Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mattawamkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- North Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- Lincoln Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wytopitlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drake Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drake Place.
Newspapers Published in Drake Place ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drake Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drake Place, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drake Place.
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 Drake Place:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Washington 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 Drake Place, 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Drake Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |