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 Houghtonville (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 Houghtonville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Houghtonville is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Houghtonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houghtonville:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Houghtonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houghtonville, with the one closest to Houghtonville listed first.
- Morris Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Corner
- Morris Corner is located in Aroostook County
- Somers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Corner
- Somers Corner is located in Aroostook County
- Grimes Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Mill
- Grimes Mill is located in Aroostook County
- Hurd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <2>
- Fort Fairfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Fairfield
- Fort Fairfield is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Fairfield <2>
- Caribou
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <2>
- McGraw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
- McGraw is located in Aroostook County
- McGraw has also been known as:
- McGraw Siding
- Barretts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts
- Barretts is located in Aroostook County
- North Lyndon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lyndon
- North Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
- Caswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Adaline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaline
- Adaline is located in Aroostook County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houghtonville, see our County-by-County Page for Houghtonville.
Newspapers Published in Houghtonville ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houghtonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houghtonville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Houghtonville.
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 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 Houghtonville:
- 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 Aroostook County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Aroostook County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maine
- Cemeteries of Aroostook County
Cemeteries Near Houghtonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houghtonville.
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 Houghtonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houghtonville, with the one closest to Houghtonville listed first.
- Doyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doyle Cemetery
- Walton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walton Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Catholic Cemetery
- Webster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webster Cemetery
- Grimes Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grimes Kelly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Kelly Cemetery
- Bubar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bubar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bubar Cemetery
- Green Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Ridge Cemetery
- First St. Denis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First St. Denis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First St. Denis Cemetery
- Original Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Original Riverside Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Fort Fairfield.
- The Original Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Houghton Burial Ground
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Original Riverside Cemetery
- St. Denis Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Denis Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Fort Fairfield.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Denis Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1463248 <4>
- Kenneson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kenneson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenneson Cemetery
- Kearney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
- Continue List (120 more) ...
- Harvey Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harvey Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harvey Hill Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90465 <4>
- Sunset Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Costigan (NB).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257175 <4>
- Harvey Hill 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>
While we didn't find Houghtonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Houghtonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houghtonville, with the one closest to Houghtonville listed first.
- East Lyndon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lyndon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyndon
- East Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
- Hurd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Roberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Fort Fairfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Fairfield
- Fort Fairfield is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Fairfield <2>
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <2>
- Caribou
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,622 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caribou <2>
- Parkhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
- North Lyndon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lyndon
- North Lyndon is located in Aroostook County
- Caswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Presque Isle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presque Isle
- Presque Isle is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presque Isle <2>
- Acadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Washburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Washburn is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washburn <2>
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - New Sweden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- New Sweden is located in Aroostook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sweden <2>
- Washburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houghtonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houghtonville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Houghtonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Houghtonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Houghtonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8420, Longitude: -67.8747 In this case, the coordinates for Houghtonville 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 Houghtonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |