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 Lincoln (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 Lincoln. 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 Lincoln ...
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: Lincoln's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lincoln. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lincoln.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lincoln is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Lincoln. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lincoln:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Lincoln)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln, with the one closest to Lincoln listed first.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Pea Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- South Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Enfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- West Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Howland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seboeis Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln, with the one closest to Lincoln listed first.
- Molunkus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Macwahoc Plantation
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Wytopitlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Reed Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Benedicta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincoln, with the one closest to Lincoln listed first.
- Medford Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Lake View Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Adams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Boyd Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Milo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Sebec
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lincoln, see our County-by-County Page for Lincoln.
Cemeteries Near Lincoln ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lincoln.
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 Lincoln - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lincoln covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lincoln, with the one closest to Lincoln listed first.
- Transalpine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Winn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Chester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West End Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Page Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Academy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- East Winn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Enfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lincoln had a population of 832 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lincoln had a population of 4,882 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lincoln, with the one closest to Lincoln listed first.
- Lincoln Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- South Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- North Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- Enfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Winn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
- Winn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Seboeis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Howland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Lowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Mattawamkeag
(12 miles [19.3 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 Lincoln. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lincoln.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lincoln ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lincoln.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lincoln. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lincoln and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lincoln.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Lincoln.
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 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 Lincoln:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook 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> | 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 Lincoln, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lincoln) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |