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 East Auburn (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 East Auburn. 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 East Auburn ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Auburn: E. Auburn
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Auburn. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Auburn.
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 doctors 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.
East Auburn is located in Androscoggin 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 Androscoggin County: Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford & Sagadahoc.
Below are the counties that are near East Auburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Auburn:
- Androscoggin County (The home county of East Auburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- Foggs Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- West Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- North Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewiston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greene Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Nason Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Greene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Littlefield Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Sabattus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Penley Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Minot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- New Gloucester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- North Pownal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Cobb Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cobb Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cove
- Dry Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dry Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Mills
- Crescent Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Otisfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- East Gray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- Pownal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Casco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gray
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
- Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- Chisholm
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Jay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- North Jay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- East Dixfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Dryden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- South Monmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Monmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Monmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Batchelders Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- East Monmouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Purgatory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Wayne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Gardiner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- North Wayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Winthrop Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- South Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Hatchs Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Whitefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Head Tide
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Westport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- East Otisfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- South Paris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- East Sumner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Norway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spurrs Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Sumner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- North Norway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Norway is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norway
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- Bowdoin Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bowdoin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Richmond Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Pejepscot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Bowdoinham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Topsham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Days Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sabino
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Woolwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Auburn, see our County-by-County Page for East Auburn.
Cemeteries Near East Auburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Auburn.
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 East Auburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Auburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- North River Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gracelawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Briggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Herrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Conant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Plains Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Broadview Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peare Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- North Auburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookvale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Auburn had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Auburn, with the one closest to East Auburn listed first.
- Auburn Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Plains is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Plains
- West Auburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewiston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Auburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Greene Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- South Turner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Turner
- Greene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- South Lewiston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Lewiston is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lewiston
- Sabattus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Lewiston Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Junction
- East Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Hebron is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hebron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Auburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Auburn.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of East Auburn ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Auburn.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of East Auburn. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of East Auburn and those printed in the larger area surrounding East Auburn.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of East Auburn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 East Auburn:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Androscoggin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 East Auburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Auburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |