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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 Flat Landing (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 Flat Landing. 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 Flat Landing ...

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 Flat Landing: Flat Lndg. (or less commonly used: Flat Lndng.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Flat Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Landing.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Flat Landing is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

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

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Flat Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flat Landing, with the one closest to Flat Landing listed first.
    • West Brooksville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Castine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Penobscot
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cape Rosier
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
    • Harborside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Brooksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Little Deer Isle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sargentville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
    • West Penobscot
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
    • Sedgwick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Hill Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Blue Hill Falls is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill Falls
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flat Landing, with the one closest to Flat Landing listed first.
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • North Haven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Camden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Rockport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Isle Au Haut
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Hope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Vinalhaven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • West Rockport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Cove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
    • Owls Head
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • South Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • South Hope is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flat Landing, with the one closest to Flat Landing listed first.
    • Goodale Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Orrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Newburgh Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
    • South Newburgh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
    • Hampden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • North Orrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
    • East Dixmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
    • Newburgh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
    • Hampden Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
    • Holden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • Brewer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
    • Dixmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flat Landing, with the one closest to Flat Landing listed first.
    • North Islesboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • Islesboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Northport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Searsport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockton Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • East Northport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • East Northport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Lincolnville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Belfast
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bryants Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bryants Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Corner
    • Prospect Ferry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Prospect
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Flat Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flat Landing.

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 Flat Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Condon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Indian Bar Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Castine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • West Brooksville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Rest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grays Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Douglass Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Camp Stream Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (282 more) ...

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 Flat Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flat Landing.

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

  • South Brooksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • South Brooksville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
  • Cape Rosier
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
  • West Brooksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
  • Castine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Penobscot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • North Castine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • North Castine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Castine
  • Brooksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Islesboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
  • Sargentville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
  • North Deer Isle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Deer Isle is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Deer Isle
  • South Penobscot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Penobscot
  • West Penobscot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sedgwick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North Sedgwick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • North Sedgwick is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sedgwick
    • Blue Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Flat Landing ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flat Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flat Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flat Landing.

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 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 Flat Landing:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flat Landing) 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 Flat Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.