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 Great Pond (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 Great Pond. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Great Pond is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Great Pond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Great Pond:
- Hancock County (The home county of Great Pond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Great Pond, with the one closest to Great Pond listed first.
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <2>
- Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Osborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Waltham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Mariaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariaville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Otis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Eastbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
- Eastbrook is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastbrook <2>
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
- Dedham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dedham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedham
- Dedham is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,666 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dedham <2>
- Ellsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,249 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsworth <2>
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hancock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <2>
- West Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
- West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
- Sullivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sullivan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Sullivan is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,261 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sullivan <2>
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Great Pond, with the one closest to Great Pond listed first.
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - East Eddington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Bradley is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <2>
- Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,973 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Old Town is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,404 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Town <2>
- Costigan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Webster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Burlington is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <2>
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Orono
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orono have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
- Orono is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <2>
- Stillwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
- East Lowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Great Pond, with the one closest to Great Pond listed first.
- Beddington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beddington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beddington
- Beddington is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beddington <2>
- Deblois
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Cherryfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
- Cherryfield is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryfield <2>
- Grand Lake Stream
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- 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>
- Wesley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- 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>
- Epping
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Great Pond, see our County-by-County Page for Great Pond.
Newspapers Published in Great Pond ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Great Pond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Great Pond, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Great Pond.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Great Pond:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Maine State Archives
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Penobscot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Hancock County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Hancock County
Cemeteries Near Great Pond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Great Pond.
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 Great Pond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Great Pond, with the one closest to Great Pond listed first.
- Great Pond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Great Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Great Pond Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
- Aurora Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aurora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aurora Cemetery
- Amherst Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amherst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amherst Cemetery
- Hadley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hadley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hadley Cemetery
- Penny Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penny Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penny Cemetery
- Number 1 Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Number 1 Cemetery
- Number 2 Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Number 2 Cemetery
- Frost Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frost Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Beddington Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beddington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2366808 <4>
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Pyles Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pyles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pyles Cemetery
- Cardville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cardville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cardville Cemetery
- Crimmins Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crimmins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crimmins Cemetery
- Pyles Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Great Pond had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Great Pond had a population of 56 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Great Pond, with the one closest to Great Pond listed first.
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <2>
- Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Beddington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beddington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beddington
- Beddington is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beddington <2>
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Waltham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - East Eddington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Cardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,973 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <2>
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Old Town is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,404 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Town <2>
- Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Bradley is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <2>
- Great Works
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Works have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Great Works is located in Penobscot County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Webster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Eastbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
- Eastbrook is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastbrook <2>
- Deblois
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Webster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Great Pond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Great Pond.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Great Pond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.me.us/
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Great Pond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Great Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9403, Longitude: -68.2820 In this case, the coordinates for Great Pond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Great Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |