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 Bucksport (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 Bucksport. 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 Bucksport ...
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 East Bucksport: E. Bucksport
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.
East Bucksport is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near East Bucksport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Bucksport:
- Hancock County (The home county of East Bucksport)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Bucksport, with the one closest to East Bucksport listed first.
- Dedham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Orland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Bucksport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verona Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verona Island is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Former name for Verona Island:
- Verona
- North Ellsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- North Penobscot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Otis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mariaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- West Penobscot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Surry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Bucksport, with the one closest to East Bucksport listed first.
- Goodale Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Orrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Orrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Eddington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Eddington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hampden Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- Veazie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
- Somerset County
- Detroit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Bucksport, with the one closest to East Bucksport listed first.
- North Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Stockton Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Swanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Searsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Bucksport, see our County-by-County Page for East Bucksport.
Cemeteries Near East Bucksport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Bucksport.
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 Bucksport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Bucksport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Bucksport, with the one closest to East Bucksport listed first.
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Granite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eastern Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Orrington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Cottle Cemetery
- The Cottle Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438532 <2>
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 in 1895, East Bucksport had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Bucksport, with the one closest to East Bucksport listed first.
- Dedham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
- North Orland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Orland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orland
- Goodale Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- East Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Holden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holden
- Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orrington
- Orrington Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Orrington Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrington Center
- South Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orrington
- North Bucksport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bucksport
- Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bucksport Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Orland
(7 miles [11.3 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 East Bucksport. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Bucksport.
Newspapers Published in East Bucksport ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Bucksport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Bucksport, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Bucksport.
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 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 Bucksport:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset County
- Waldo 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 Bucksport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- East Bucksport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |