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 Lake Moxie (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 Lake Moxie. 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 Lake Moxie ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Moxie: Lk. Moxie
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Lake Moxie is located in Somerset 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 Somerset County: Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Moxie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Moxie:
- Somerset County (The home county of Lake Moxie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Moxie, with the one closest to Lake Moxie listed first.
- The Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- The Forks has also been known as:
- The Forks Plantation
- Plantation of The Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
- West Forks Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- West Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caratunk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Somerset Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
- Mackamp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mackamp is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- Highland Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Bingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Long Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Moxie, with the one closest to Lake Moxie listed first.
- Carrabassett Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Eustis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stratton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Moxie, with the one closest to Lake Moxie listed first.
- Shirley Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Shirley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lower Shirley Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Upper Shirley Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Upper Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shirley Corner
- Greenville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moosehead
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Monson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Kingsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Beaver Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Monson Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Moxie, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Moxie.
Cemeteries Near Lake Moxie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Moxie.
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 Lake Moxie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Moxie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Moxie, with the one closest to Lake Moxie listed first.
- Shirley Mills Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Greenville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Union Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monson Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Road Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bingham Village Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Foss Hill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Abbot Village Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 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>
While we didn't find Lake Moxie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Moxie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Moxie, with the one closest to Lake Moxie listed first.
- The Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- The Forks has also been known as:
- The Forks Plantation
- Plantation of The Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
- West Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Shirley Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Blanchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blanchard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Greenville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moosehead
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Mackamp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mackamp is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
- Kingsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Monson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Long Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Monson Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Moxie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Moxie.
Newspapers Published in Lake Moxie ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Moxie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Moxie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Moxie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lake Moxie:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Somerset County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Piscataquis 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Moxie) 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 Lake Moxie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |