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 Lowell (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 Lowell. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Lowell 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 Lowell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lowell:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Lowell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- East Lowell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Burlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Passadumkeag
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Olamon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- West Enfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Howland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- South Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Costigan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Costigan is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costigan
- Aroostook County
- Molunkus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Great Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Osborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Osborn is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Medford Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Boyd Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Adams
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake View Plantation
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Milo
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Brownville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Brownville Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Washington County
- Beddington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lowell, see our County-by-County Page for Lowell.
Cemeteries Near Lowell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lowell.
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 Lowell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lowell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- Lowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Page Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West End Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Welles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Number 1 Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (72 more) ...
- Transalpine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hoyt Brook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Enfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Lowell had a population of 75 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lowell had a population of 361 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lowell, with the one closest to Lowell listed first.
- East Lowell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Burlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Passadumkeag
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Olamon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Howland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- Cardville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cardville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardville
- South Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Argyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Costigan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Costigan is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costigan
- Lee
(14 miles [22.5 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 Lowell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lowell.
Newspapers Published in Lowell ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lowell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lowell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lowell.
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 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 Lowell:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis County
- Washington 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 Lowell, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lowell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |