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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 The 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 The 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.

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.

The Landing is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.

Below are the counties that are near The Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Landing:

  • Franklin County     (The home county of The Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.
    • Dallas Plantation
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Coplin Plantation
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
    • Rangeley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Eustis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stratton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
    • Mountainview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
    • Oquossoc
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy River Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Bigelow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bigelow is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Carrabassett Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • East Madrid
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Madrid is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
  • Oxford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.
    • Upper Dam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
    • Lincoln Plantation
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Magalloway Plantation
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Wilsons Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
    • Byron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Byron is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Middle Dam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
    • Roxbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.
    • Highland Plantation
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Highland Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • New Portland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Ridge Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Ridge Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • East New Portland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East New Portland is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
  • Coos County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.
    • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Second College Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
    • Idlewilde
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Idlewilde is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Landing, see our County-by-County Page for The Landing.

Cemeteries Near The Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The 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 The Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.

  • Rangeley Village Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eustis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Flagstaff Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Madrid Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Phillips - Maine Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Flagstaff Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Avon Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Stockbridge Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Robertson Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Strong Town Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Center Hill Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • West Byron Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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>

While we didn't find The Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from The Landing, with the one closest to The Landing listed first.

  • Dead River ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dead River is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
  • Rangeley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eustis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stratton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Madrid
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • East Madrid
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Madrid is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
  • Bemis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bemis is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Phillips
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingfield
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Wilsons Mills
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
  • Byron
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Byron is located in Oxford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Strong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Middle Dam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
    • Lexington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lexington is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Landing.

Newspapers Published in The 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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Landing, 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 The Landing.

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 The Landing:

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 The Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- The Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.