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 Edinburg (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 Edinburg. 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.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Edinburg is located in 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 Edinburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edinburg:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Edinburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Passadumkeag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Howland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Enfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olamon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- South Lagrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Lagrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maxfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Costigan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Costigan is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costigan
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Great Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Amherst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Medford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Boyd Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Adams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Lake View Plantation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Brownville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Atkinson Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Brownville Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Sebec
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Dover South Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edinburg, see our County-by-County Page for Edinburg.
Cemeteries Near Edinburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edinburg.
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 Edinburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edinburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Edinburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Enfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoyt Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West End Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Medford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cedarvale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (103 more) ...
- Cardville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Edinburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edinburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Passadumkeag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Howland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Olamon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- South Lagrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Lagrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Argyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Medford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Cardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cardville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardville
- Maxfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Boyd Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edinburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edinburg.
Newspapers Published in Edinburg ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edinburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edinburg, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edinburg.
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 Edinburg:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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 Edinburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Edinburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |