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 Kingsbury (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 Kingsbury. 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 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.
Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Kingsbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingsbury:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Kingsbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Kingsbury Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Wellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Parkman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monson Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Guilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sangerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lower Shirley Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- East Sangerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Howard Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Shirley Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Kingfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrabassett Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Silvers Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Russell Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Corinna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Exeter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- East Exeter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- East Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
- Stetson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Mayfield Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Cambridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mainstream
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Bingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Moscow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Cass Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cass Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Corner
- Solon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Embden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Embden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingsbury, see our County-by-County Page for Kingsbury.
Cemeteries Near Kingsbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingsbury.
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 Kingsbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingsbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Foss Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dore Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leighton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Road Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chadborne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pingree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Bingham.
- The Baker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sugartown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354971 <3>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkman Corner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abbot Village Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Lords Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Libby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Garden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kingsbury had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingsbury, with the one closest to Kingsbury listed first.
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Wellington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parkman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Abbot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monson Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Blanchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blanchard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- West Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Athens is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
- Bingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mainstream
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Athens is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Guilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Guilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Guilford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guilford
- Monson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingsbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingsbury.
Newspapers Published in Kingsbury ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingsbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsbury, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingsbury.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Kingsbury:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Kingsbury) 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 Kingsbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |