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 Litchfield Plains (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 Litchfield Plains. 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 Litchfield Plains ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Litchfield Plains: Litchfield Plns.
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 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.
Litchfield Plains is located in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County: Androscoggin, Franklin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Litchfield Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Litchfield Plains:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Litchfield Plains)
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Litchfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Batchelders Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Litchfield Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- South Monmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Purgatory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- West Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- South Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gardiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Farmingdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Wales Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Leeds Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Drinkwater Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Nason Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Sabattus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Lisbon Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foggs Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- North Pownal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Bunganuc Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Pennellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Gloucester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Harpswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Merepoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Cundys Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Chisholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Chesterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Globe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Razorville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Stickney Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hatchs Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Head Tide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Whitefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- North Newcastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Edgecomb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Coopers Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Buckfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- East Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Canton Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Gilbertville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- South Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Bowdoin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bowdoinham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harwards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Pejepscot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bath
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woolwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Waldo County
- Palermo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Litchfield Plains, see our County-by-County Page for Litchfield Plains.
Cemeteries Near Litchfield Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Litchfield Plains.
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 Litchfield Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Litchfield Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plumer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Starbird Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curtis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Libby Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Monmouth Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- East Wales Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hix Small Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Litchfield Plains had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Litchfield Plains, with the one closest to Litchfield Plains listed first.
- Litchfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Litchfield Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Richmond Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- South Monmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- West Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- East Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wales
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Richmond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iceboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
- West Bowdoin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bowdoin
- Bowdoin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- West Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dresden
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- South Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Litchfield Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around Litchfield Plains.
Newspapers Published in Litchfield Plains ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Litchfield Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Litchfield Plains, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Litchfield Plains.
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 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 Litchfield Plains:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- Waldo 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> | 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 Litchfield Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Litchfield Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |