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 Farmingdale (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 Farmingdale. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Farmingdale is located in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County: Androscoggin, Franklin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Farmingdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmingdale:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Farmingdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Gardiner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Randolph
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pittston
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Chelsea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hallowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Gardiner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- East Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- West Gardiner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Winthrop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purgatory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Wales
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Curtis Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Leeds Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Wales Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Leeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
- Drinkwater Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Sabattus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Greene Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- North Leeds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- East Livermore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Harding
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Brunswick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pennellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- East Harpswell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Bunganuc Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- North Pownal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Chisholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Farmington Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Globe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Razorville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Stickney Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Appleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Warren Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- West Appleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Whitefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Dresden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coopers Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Head Tide
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Alna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Somerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- North Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Buckfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Canton Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Gilbertville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- East Sumner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Richmond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Harwards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Days Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Murphys Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Woolwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bath
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Palermo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Montville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- Montville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- West Searsmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- Searsmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmingdale, see our County-by-County Page for Farmingdale.
Cemeteries Near Farmingdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmingdale.
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 Farmingdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmingdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Maine Ave. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plaisted Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaisted Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Plaisted Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Gardiner.
- The Plaisted Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Ave. Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90690 <2>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Northern Ave. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Ave. Cemetery
- The Northern Ave. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapman Cemetery
- Chelsea Heights Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hallowell Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallowell Village Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hallowell Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hallowell.
- The Hallowell Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hallowell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90007 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Putnam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (426 more) ...
- Fairbanks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Gardiner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Togus National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Farmingdale had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Farmingdale had a population of 2,925 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmingdale, with the one closest to Farmingdale listed first.
- Gardiner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Randolph
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pittston
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Chelsea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hallowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Gardiner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- North Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pittston
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- East Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Whitefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- East Winthrop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmingdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmingdale.
Newspapers Published in Farmingdale ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmingdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmingdale, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farmingdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Farmingdale:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc 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 Farmingdale, 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 from Point A (ie- Farmingdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |