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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 Lubec (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 Lubec. 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 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.

Lubec is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Lubec)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lubec, with the one closest to Lubec listed first.
    • North Lubec
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lubec
      • North Lubec is located in Washington County
    • South Lubec
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lubec have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lubec
      • South Lubec is located in Washington County
    • Eastport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastport
      • Eastport is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastport <2>
    • Perry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Perry is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
    • Pembroke
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiting
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiting have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Whiting is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiting <2>
    • West Pembroke
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pembroke
      • West Pembroke is located in Washington County
    • Dennysville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennysville
      • Dennysville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennysville <2>
    • Lower Dennysville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dennysville
      • Lower Dennysville is located in Washington County
    • North Perry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
      • North Perry is located in Washington County
    • Charlotte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
      • Charlotte is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Robbinston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lubec ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lubec.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lubec. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lubec and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lubec.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Lubec.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Lubec:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Lubec ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lubec.

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 Lubec covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lubec Town Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lubec Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lubec Town Cemetery
  • St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
  • St. Anne's Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • West Lubec Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Lubec Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Lubec Cemetery
  • Bayside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayside Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wilson's Beach Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cummings Cove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cummings Cove Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cummings Cove Cemetery
  • Wilson's Beach Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairhaven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fairhaven United Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Leonardville Community Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lubec had a population of 1,800 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lubec had a population of 1,267 people.

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

  • North Lubec
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lubec
    • North Lubec is located in Washington County
  • South Lubec
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lubec have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lubec
    • South Lubec is located in Washington County
  • Eastport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastport
    • Eastport is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastport <2>
  • West Lubec
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lubec have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lubec
    • West Lubec is located in Washington County
  • Perry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
  • Whiting
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiting have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
    • Whiting is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiting <2>
  • Pembroke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • West Pembroke
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pembroke
    • West Pembroke is located in Washington County
  • Dennysville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennysville
    • Dennysville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennysville <2>
  • North Perry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
    • North Perry is located in Washington County
  • South Robbinston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Robbinston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Robbinston
    • South Robbinston is located in Washington County
  • Robbinston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Charlotte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
      • Charlotte is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Marion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Marion is located in Washington County
    • Cutler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
      • Cutler is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cutler <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lubec. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Lubec) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lubec. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8606, Longitude: -66.9841       In this case, the coordinates for Lubec have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lubec, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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