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 Mattimo Place (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 Mattimo Place. 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 Mattimo Place ...
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 Mattimo Place: Mattimo Pl. (or less commonly used: Mattimo Plc.)
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 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.
Mattimo Place is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near Mattimo Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mattimo Place:
- Washington County (The home county of Mattimo Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattimo Place, with the one closest to Mattimo Place listed first.
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Wesley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitneyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Marshfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Jonesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hoyttown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoyttown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyttown
- Machias
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Epping
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Epping is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
- Columbia Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- East Machias
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mattimo Place, with the one closest to Mattimo Place listed first.
- Goodwin Siding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodwin Siding is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Siding
- Goodwin Siding has also been known as:
- Goodwins
- Osborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osborn is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Gouldsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mattimo Place, see our County-by-County Page for Mattimo Place.
Cemeteries Near Mattimo Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mattimo Place.
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 Mattimo Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mattimo Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mattimo Place, with the one closest to Mattimo Place listed first.
- Longfellow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Court Street Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mailey Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Machias Village Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Old Crawford Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Morse Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Bay Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Look Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Maple Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Mattimo Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mattimo Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mattimo Place, with the one closest to Mattimo Place listed first.
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Whitneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitneyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Wesley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Epping
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Epping is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
- Jonesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Machias
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- East Machias
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Machiasport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Roque Bluffs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roque Bluffs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roque Bluffs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Larrabee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larrabee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mattimo Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mattimo Place.
Newspapers Published in Mattimo Place ...
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 Mattimo Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mattimo Place, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mattimo Place.
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 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 Mattimo Place:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Mattimo Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mattimo Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |