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 Harrison (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 Harrison. 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 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.
Harrison is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Harrison. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harrison:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Harrison)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- North Bridgton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bridgton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otisfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Sandy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- South Bridgton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- West Bridgton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Cobb Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cobb Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cove
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Casco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Sebago
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Casco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- West Poland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanic Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Poland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moussam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- West Minot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Minot
- East Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Minot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Littlefield Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- North Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- West Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Rumford Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Chase Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- South Waterford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Sweats Island
- Sweet Island
- Swetts Island
- Waterford Flat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
- Sweden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- East Otisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Spurrs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Norway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Waterford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- North Norway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Norway is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norway
- East Fryeburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Lovell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Center Lovell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- Cornish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Limington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- East Limington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Limington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Parsonsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Parsonsfield is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Parsonsfield
- South Limington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- North Parsonsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- Chicopee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Limerick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Parsonsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Arrowhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- Chatham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Chatham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Center Conway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Intervale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- North Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hale's Location
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Madison is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madison
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- Beans Purchase
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Shelburne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen House is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Martins Location
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Pinkhams Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Sargents Purchase
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harrison, see our County-by-County Page for Harrison.
Cemeteries Near Harrison ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrison.
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 Harrison - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harrison covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- Willard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barnard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finnish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finnish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trafton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Noyes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Burnham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Harrison had a population of 560 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Harrison had a population of 2,819 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harrison, with the one closest to Harrison listed first.
- North Bridgton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bridgton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Waterford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bolsters Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bolsters Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolsters Mills
- Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Sweats Island
- Sweet Island
- Swetts Island
- Waterford Flat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
- Sandy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Otisfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Sweden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- East Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- East Otisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- West Bridgton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- South Bridgton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Norway Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Lake is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
- East Denmark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Edes Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edes Falls is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edes Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harrison. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrison.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Harrison ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrison.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Harrison. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Harrison and those printed in the larger area surrounding Harrison.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of Harrison.
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 Harrison:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Oxford County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Coos 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 Harrison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Harrison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |