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 Waterboro (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 Waterboro. 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 Waterboro ...
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 Waterboro: E. Waterboro
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 doctors and hospitals 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 Waterboro 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 Waterboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Waterboro:
- York County (The home county of East Waterboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- South Hollis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Clarks Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Waterboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- North Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lyman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,536 people
- Lake Arrowhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Alfred
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ross Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ross Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Bar Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Gorham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Standish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- West Scarborough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Steep Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sebago Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Grand Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Scarborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newhall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newhall is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- South Windham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Baldwin
(18 miles [29 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 Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Durgintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Kezar Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Porter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Rankins Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Brownfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Belknap County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Alton Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alton
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Woodman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- East Wakefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Effingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Ossipee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- South Wolfeboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- East Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- North Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Rollinsford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Davis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Pickering
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- New Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Waterboro, see our County-by-County Page for East Waterboro.
Cemeteries Near East Waterboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Waterboro.
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 Waterboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Waterboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Chadbourne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meeting House Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Alfred.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89862 <3>
- South Buston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <3>
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flanders Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Johnson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 East Waterboro had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Waterboro, with the one closest to East Waterboro listed first.
- Waterboro Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waterboro Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterboro Center
- South Hollis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Waterboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- West Hollis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hollis
- Hollis Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- North Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Hollis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hollis
- Alfred
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goodwins Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwins Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Mills
- Ross Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ross Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bar Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Buxton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shapleigh
(8 miles [12.9 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 East Waterboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Waterboro.
Newspapers Published in East Waterboro ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Waterboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Waterboro, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Waterboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Waterboro:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Belknap County
- Carroll 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Waterboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Waterboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |