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 View (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 View. 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 View ...
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.
Another variation: Lakeview.
- A typical abbreviation for Lake View: Lk. View
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake View.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Lake View 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 Lake View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake View:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Lake View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake View, with the one closest to Lake View listed first.
- Adams
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake View Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Milo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Brownville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medford Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Brownville Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Boyd Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Sebec
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Bowerbank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake View, with the one closest to Lake View listed first.
- Maxfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Seboeis Plantation
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Lagrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Enfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Howland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Edinburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- South Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Bradford Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Passadumkeag
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake View, see our County-by-County Page for Lake View.
Cemeteries Near Lake View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake View, with the one closest to Lake View listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Medford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Farnham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orneville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Foss Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lake View had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake View, with the one closest to Lake View listed first.
- Medford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Brownville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Medford Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Brownville Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Maxfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sebec
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Seboeis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Barnard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- South Sebec
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Lagrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Atkinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- North Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Howland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake View.
Newspapers Published in Lake View ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake View, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake View.
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 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 View:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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 View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |