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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 Limington (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 Limington. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Limington is located in York County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).

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

  • York County     (The home county of Limington)
  • Androscoggin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limington, with the one closest to Limington listed first.
    • West Poland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Poland
      • West Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Poland <3>
    • Poland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <3>
    • Danville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Danville is located in Androscoggin County
    • East Poland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
      • East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Mechanic Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moussam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limington, with the one closest to Limington listed first.
    • Steep Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steep Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Falls
      • Steep Falls is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steep Falls <3>
    • Standish
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standish have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <3>
    • Baldwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • West Baldwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
    • Sebago Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sebago
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebago have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago
      • Sebago is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebago <3>
    • Frye Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frye Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Island
      • Frye Island is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Gorham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
      • Gorham is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,962 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
    • Newhall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newhall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
      • Newhall is located in Cumberland County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newhall
      • From Limington to Newhall
    • North Gorham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • South Windham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Windham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
      • South Windham is located in Cumberland County
    • North Windham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • South Casco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Casco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Casco
      • South Casco is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Casco <3>
  • Oxford County
  • Carroll County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limington, with the one closest to Limington listed first.
    • South Effingham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Effingham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Wakefield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakefield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Freedom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • East Madison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eaton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
      • Eaton is located in Carroll County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <3>
    • Ossipee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ossipee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossipee
      • Ossipee is located in Carroll County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ossipee <3>
    • Brookfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
    • North Wolfeboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Chickville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Water Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
      • Water Village is located in Carroll County (NH)
  • Strafford County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limington, with the one closest to Limington listed first.
    • Middleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
    • Milton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Rochester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Farmington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Davis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Davis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Davis
      • From Limington to Davis
    • New Durham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Place
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Place. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
      • Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Place
      • From Limington to Place

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

Cemeteries Near Limington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Limington.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Marrs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marrs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marrs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gordon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gordon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gordon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lord Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cole Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89758 <4>
  • Emerson - Thorne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emerson - Thorne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emerson - Thorne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weeman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weeman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sawyer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (357 more) ...
    • Goodwin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rounds Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rounds Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rounds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Day Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Day Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Day Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Limington had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Limington had a population of 3,961 people.

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

  • South Limington
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • North Limington
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • East Limington
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Limerick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • North Hollis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hollis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hollis
    • North Hollis is located in York County
  • Bonny Eagle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonny Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Eagle
    • Bonny Eagle is located in York County
  • Steep Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steep Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Falls
    • Steep Falls is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steep Falls <3>
  • West Buxton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Buxton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Buxton
    • West Buxton is located in York County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Buxton <3>
  • Cornish
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • East Parsonsfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • North Waterboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • West Hollis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hollis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hollis
    • West Hollis is located in York County
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • West Baldwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
      • West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
    • Standish
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standish have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
      • Standish is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Standish <3>
    • North Baldwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Baldwin
      • North Baldwin is located in Cumberland County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Limington ...

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 Limington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Limington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Limington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Limington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6> of Limington.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Limington:

The official website for Limington: www.limington.net/

The official website for York County: www.co.york.me.us/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Limington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Limington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Limington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7317, Longitude: -70.7096    









 

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