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 Macwahoc (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 Macwahoc. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Macwahoc 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 Macwahoc. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Macwahoc:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Macwahoc)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macwahoc, with the one closest to Macwahoc listed first.
- Macwahoc Plantation
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Molunkus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Reed Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Wytopitlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Bancroft
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Glenwood Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Benedicta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sherman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Haynesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Crystal
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macwahoc, with the one closest to Macwahoc listed first.
- Drew Plantation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mattawamkeag
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Winn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Plantation of Prentiss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Millinocket
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Pea Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macwahoc, with the one closest to Macwahoc listed first.
- Danforth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brookton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forest City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forest City Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Topsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Codyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Talmadge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Macwahoc, see our County-by-County Page for Macwahoc.
Cemeteries Near Macwahoc ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Macwahoc.
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 Macwahoc - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Macwahoc covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Macwahoc, with the one closest to Macwahoc listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rollins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wytopitlock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clifford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drew Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belding Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twombly Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fiske Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Chester Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (44 more) ...
- East Winn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Winn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Macwahoc had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Macwahoc, with the one closest to Macwahoc listed first.
- Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mattawamkeag
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wytopitlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Woodville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Winn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Bancroft
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Monarda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monarda is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarda
- Glenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Medway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Winn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
- South Bancroft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
- Benedicta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- Sherman Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Macwahoc. See our List of 1890's Communities around Macwahoc.
Newspapers Published in Macwahoc ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Macwahoc.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Macwahoc, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Macwahoc.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Macwahoc:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot 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 Macwahoc, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Macwahoc) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |