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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 Gould 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 Gould 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 Gould 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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Gould Landing: Gould Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gould Lndng.)

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Gould Landing is located in Washington County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Gould Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gould Landing, with the one closest to Gould Landing listed first.
    • Grand Lake Stream
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream
      • Grand Lake Stream is located in Washington County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake Stream <2>
    • Grand Lake Stream Plantation
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
      • Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Princeton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waite
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
      • Waite is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Talmadge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmadge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Talmadge is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Crawford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Alexander
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Alexander is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <2>
    • Baileyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
      • Baileyville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <2>
    • Wesley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wesley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wesley <2>
    • Woodland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Woodland is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
    • Topsfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
      • Topsfield is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Cooper
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Cooper is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Meddybemps
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hancock County
    • Great Pond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
      • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gould Landing, with the one closest to Gould Landing listed first.
    • Lakeville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
      • Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • South Springfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Springfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
      • South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
    • Carroll
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Carroll is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Carroll has also been known as:
      • Carroll Plantation
    • Springfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <2>
    • Plantation of Prentiss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation of Prentiss have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation of Prentiss
      • Plantation of Prentiss is located in Penobscot County
    • Lee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Lee is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Gould Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gould 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Annes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Annes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Princeton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Princeton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Princeton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Crawford Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Crawford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scotch Ridge Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Milltown Catholic Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • St. Stephen Rural Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Old Ridge United Church of Canada Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Calais Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Calais Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Moores Mills Annex Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moores Mills Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moores Mills (NB).
    • The Moores Mills Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Moores Mill Cemetery
    • Moores Mills Cemetery
    • Moores Mills Old Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208955 <4>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Brookton Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. David Heritage Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Oak Bay Rural Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Grand Lake Stream
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream
    • Grand Lake Stream is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake Stream <2>
  • Princeton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Waite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
    • Waite is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Crawford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Crawford is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
  • Alexander
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
    • Alexander is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <2>
  • Baileyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
    • Baileyville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <2>
  • Wesley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wesley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Wesley is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wesley <2>
  • Topsfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
    • Topsfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Cooper
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Cooper is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Meddybemps
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Baring
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baring
    • Baring is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Baring has also been known as:
    • Baring Plantation
  • South Springfield
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Springfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
    • South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Milltown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
      • Milltown is located in Washington County
    • Carroll
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Carroll is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Carroll has also been known as:
      • Carroll Plantation
    • Northfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Northfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
      • Northfield is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people

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

Newspapers Published in Gould 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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gould Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gould Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gould Landing.

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 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 Gould Landing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gould Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Gould Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gould Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gould Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1651, Longitude: -67.7436       In this case, the coordinates for Gould Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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