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 Jumbo Landing (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 Jumbo Landing. 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 Jumbo Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Jumbo Landing: Jumbo Lndg. (or less commonly used: Jumbo Lndng.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Jumbo Landing is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near Jumbo Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jumbo Landing:
- Washington County (The home county of Jumbo Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jumbo Landing, with the one closest to Jumbo Landing listed first.
- Grand Lake Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Talmadge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Waite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Topsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Codyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Wesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alexander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aroostook County
- Wytopitlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Hancock County
- Great Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jumbo Landing, with the one closest to Jumbo Landing listed first.
- Lakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- South Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation of Prentiss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kingman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Drew Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Winn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jumbo Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Jumbo Landing.
Cemeteries Near Jumbo Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jumbo Landing.
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 Jumbo Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jumbo Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jumbo Landing, with the one closest to Jumbo Landing listed first.
- St. Annes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Princeton Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Crawford Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brookton Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Academy Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belding Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Ridge Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milltown Catholic Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eaton Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- East Winn Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Page Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Jumbo Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jumbo Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jumbo Landing, with the one closest to Jumbo Landing listed first.
- Grand Lake Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Topsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Wesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brookton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- East Winn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jumbo Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jumbo Landing.
Newspapers Published in Jumbo Landing ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jumbo Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jumbo Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jumbo Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Jumbo Landing:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Penobscot 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Jumbo Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jumbo Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |