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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 Linneus (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 Linneus. 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 Linneus ...

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: Linneaus.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Linneus. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Linneus.

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 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.

Linneus is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

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

  • Aroostook County     (The home county of Linneus)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linneus, with the one closest to Linneus listed first.
    • Hodgdon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • New Limerick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cary
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cary is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Cary has also been known as:
      • Cary Plantation
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cary
      • From Linneus to Cary
    • Houlton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ludlow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ludlow is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
    • Amity
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Amity is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Oakfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Smyrna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Smyrna Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyer Brook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hammond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Hammond is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Littleton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Littleton is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
    • Haynesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linneus, with the one closest to Linneus listed first.
    • Patten
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Sherman Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
    • Mount Chase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Stacyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Drew Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
    • Shin Pond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linneus, with the one closest to Linneus listed first.
    • Danforth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest City Landing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
    • Forest City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Linneus ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linneus.

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 Linneus - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Linneus had a population of 208 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Linneus had a population of 907 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Linneus ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linneus.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linneus, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linneus.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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>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.
<3>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 Linneus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Linneus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.