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 Hardy (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 Hardy. 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 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.
Hardy is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Hardy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardy:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Hardy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Lake View Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Adams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Medford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Milo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <2>
- Brownville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <2>
- Brownville Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Sebec
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebec have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
- Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <2>
- Atkinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Atkinson Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Bowerbank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Steadman Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Maxfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Seboeis Plantation
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboeis Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Howland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Howland is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howland <2>
- West Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Enfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enfield
- West Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Enfield <2>
- Lagrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagrange
- Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lagrange <2>
- Edinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Enfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - South Lagrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lagrange have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Passadumkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Lincoln
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <2>
- Pea Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardy, see our County-by-County Page for Hardy.
Newspapers Published in Hardy ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardy, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hardy:
- 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 Piscataquis 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
- Penobscot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Piscataquis County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Piscataquis County
Cemeteries Near Hardy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardy.
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 Hardy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Schoodic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schoodic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schoodic Cemetery
- Medford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Medford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medford Cemetery
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Ferry Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Tree Cemetery
- Village Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
- West Enfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Enfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Enfield Cemetery
- Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Cemetery
- Edinburg Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edinburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edinburg Cemetery
- Orneville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orneville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orneville Cemetery
- Farnham Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farnham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farnham Cemetery
- Gould Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gould Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gould Cemetery
- Continue List (71 more) ...
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sebec Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sebec Village Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- West End Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West End Cemetery
- Sebec Village 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hardy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Medford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Maxfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Medford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Seboeis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Milo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <2>
- Boyd Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Howland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Howland is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howland <2>
- Brownville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <2>
- Lagrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagrange
- Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lagrange <2>
- South Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Brownville Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Enfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - South Lagrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lagrange have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Passadumkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Enfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardy.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hardy. 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hardy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hardy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3312, Longitude: -68.8198 In this case, the coordinates for Hardy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hardy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |