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 Magalloway Plantation (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 Magalloway Plantation. 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 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.
Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford 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 Oxford County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, York, Carroll (NH) & Coos (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Magalloway Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Magalloway Plantation:
- Oxford County (The home county of Magalloway Plantation)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magalloway Plantation, with the one closest to Magalloway Plantation listed first.
- Upper Dam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Middle Dam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Lincoln Plantation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Wilsons Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Upton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- East Andover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- South Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- North Newry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magalloway Plantation, with the one closest to Magalloway Plantation listed first.
- Bemis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Oquossoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Davis Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
- Rangeley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy River Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Dallas Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Madrid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Madrid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Weld
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coplin Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magalloway Plantation, with the one closest to Magalloway Plantation listed first.
- Second College Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
- Errol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dixs Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Dixville Notch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Ervings Location
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Dummer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Idlewilde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- West Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Milan is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Magalloway Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Magalloway Plantation.
Cemeteries Near Magalloway Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Magalloway Plantation.
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 Magalloway Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Magalloway Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Magalloway Plantation, with the one closest to Magalloway Plantation listed first.
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rangeley Village Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andover Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Byron Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Keach Road Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Farmers Hill Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Frye Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (37 more) ...
- Madrid Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Hill Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hollow Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Stewartstown (NH).
- The Hollow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewartstown Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237358 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Magalloway Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Magalloway Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Magalloway Plantation, with the one closest to Magalloway Plantation listed first.
- Middle Dam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Wilsons Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Errol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bemis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Rangeley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Dummer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dead River ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dead River is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- South Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Newry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Magalloway Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Magalloway Plantation.
Newspapers Published in Magalloway Plantation ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Magalloway Plantation.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Magalloway Plantation, 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 Magalloway Plantation.
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 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 Magalloway Plantation:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Oxford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Coos 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Magalloway Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Magalloway Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |