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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 Lebanon ...
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 Lebanon: E. Lebanon
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Lebanon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Lebanon.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
East Lebanon is located in York 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 York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near East Lebanon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Lebanon:
- York County (The home county of East Lebanon)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Sanford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Sanford is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- Acton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shapleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alfred
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Berwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Varney Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Varney Crossing is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Crossing
- Waterboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,536 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- West Scarborough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Grand Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Standish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prouts Neck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Steep Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- West Baldwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Scarborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Porter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Belknap County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Alton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Alton Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barnstead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Lower Gilmanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Samoset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Gilmanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Brookfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Wakefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wakefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- South Wolfeboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- South Effingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fernald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Ossipee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Epsom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Epsom is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epsom <1>
- Gossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Loudon Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Chichester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Newington Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Northwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Northwood Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Seacrest Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Newmarket
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Portsmouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Deerfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- North Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Middleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Pickering
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Rollinsford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Strafford Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Lebanon, see our County-by-County Page for East Lebanon.
Cemeteries Near East Lebanon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Lebanon.
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 Lebanon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Lebanon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Notre Dame Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Springvale.
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springvale Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springvale Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Springvale.
- The Springvale Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90456 <2>
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Joseph Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Walker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseph Walker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Milton (NH).
- The Joseph Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356717 <2>
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Cold Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Milton Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Burying Ground
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Lebanon had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Lebanon, with the one closest to East Lebanon listed first.
- Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lebanon
- Center Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Center Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lebanon
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Springvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- South Acton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Acton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton
- South Sanford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Sanford is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- Milton Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Mills is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Acton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alfred
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shapleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Lebanon. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Lebanon.
Newspapers Published in East Lebanon ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lebanon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Lebanon.
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 Lebanon:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Lebanon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lebanon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |