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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 Estabrook Settlement (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 Estabrook Settlement. 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 northeast 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 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.

Estabrook Settlement is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Estabrook Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Estabrook Settlement:

  • Aroostook County     (The home county of Estabrook Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estabrook Settlement, with the one closest to Estabrook Settlement listed first.
    • Amity
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Amity is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Cary
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cary is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Cary has also been known as:
      • Cary Plantation
    • Orient
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Linneus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Linneus is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
    • Haynesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Hodgdon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
    • Weston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Glenwood Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
    • New Limerick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Houlton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ludlow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ludlow is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
    • Bancroft
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estabrook Settlement, with the one closest to Estabrook Settlement listed first.
    • Drew Plantation
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
    • Sherman Station
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
    • Patten
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Kingman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Plantation of Prentiss
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Stacyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Estabrook Settlement, with the one closest to Estabrook Settlement listed first.
    • Danforth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Forest City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Forest City Landing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
    • Brookton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Estabrook Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Estabrook Settlement.

Cemeteries Near Estabrook Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Estabrook Settlement.

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 Estabrook Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Estabrook Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Estabrook Settlement, with the one closest to Estabrook Settlement listed first.

  • Estabrook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Spurr Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • South Amity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Amity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Monicas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hiram T Smith Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Blaisdell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Karnes Gellerson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuck Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...
    • Peters Cove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Linneus Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hodgdon Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Estabrook Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Estabrook Settlement.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Estabrook Settlement, with the one closest to Estabrook Settlement listed first.

  • Amity
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Amity is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • North Amity
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Amity is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amity
  • Orient
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Haynesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Linneus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Linneus is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
  • Hodgdon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
  • Weston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • New Limerick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • South Bancroft
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
  • Houlton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Glenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Danforth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bancroft
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Oakfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyer Brook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Estabrook Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Estabrook Settlement.

Newspapers Published in Estabrook Settlement ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Estabrook Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Estabrook Settlement, 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 Estabrook Settlement.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Estabrook Settlement:

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' (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- Estabrook Settlement) 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 Estabrook Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.