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 Ketchum (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 Ketchum. 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 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.
Ketchum is located in Oxford 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 Oxford County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, York, Carroll (NH) & Coos (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Ketchum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ketchum:
- Oxford County (The home county of Ketchum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- North Newry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Newry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Bethel is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethel
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Mayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mayville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Rumford Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- North Bridgton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Bridgton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- Carthage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carthage is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Berry Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- Bemis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Weld
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perkin's Plantation ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perkin's Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkin's Plantation
- East Dixfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- Chatham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- Shelburne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dummer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Village is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Beans Purchase
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Martins Location
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Greens Grant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Milan is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milan
- Glen House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen House is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ketchum, see our County-by-County Page for Ketchum.
Cemeteries Near Ketchum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ketchum.
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 Ketchum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ketchum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- Sunday River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Will Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Bethel.
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375782 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Skillingston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burbank Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Chandler Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hazelton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Ketchum in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ketchum.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ketchum, with the one closest to Ketchum listed first.
- North Newry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Newry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Bethel is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethel
- Gilead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shelburne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Bethel is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Rumford Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Upton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rumford Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ketchum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ketchum.
Newspapers Published in Ketchum ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ketchum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ketchum, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ketchum.
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 helpful 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 Ketchum:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Oxford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Franklin 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ketchum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Ketchum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |