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 Green Lake (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 Green Lake. 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 Green Lake ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Lake: Green Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Lake.
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 southeast 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 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.
Green Lake 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 Green Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Lake:
- Hancock County (The home county of Green Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- North Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Otis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Dedham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mariaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- East Orland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waltham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waltham is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Ellsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Orland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bucksport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- East Eddington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Holden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goodale Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
- Brewer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Veazie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hampden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orono
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- Prospect Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- North Winterport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sandy Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Prospect
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Searsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Swanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- Deblois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deblois is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Beddington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Green Lake.
Cemeteries Near Green Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Lake.
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 Green Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- Nicolin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Ellsworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Granite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eastern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Birch Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pyles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Juniper Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frost Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Green Lake had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Lake, with the one closest to Green Lake listed first.
- North Orland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Orland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orland
- North Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- East Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Holden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holden
- Dedham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ellsworth
- East Bucksport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bucksport
- Holden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Eddington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Bucks Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
- East Orland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth Falls is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth Falls
- Goodale Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Waltham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waltham is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
- Orland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Lake.
Newspapers Published in Green Lake ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Lake, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Lake.
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 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 Green Lake:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Waldo County
- Washington 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> | 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 Green Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Green Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |