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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 Maxfield (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 Maxfield. 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.

Maxfield is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.

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

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Maxfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxfield, with the one closest to Maxfield listed first.
    • Seboeis Plantation
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboeis Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
      • Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Howland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Enfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Enfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enfield
      • West Enfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Enfield <2>
    • South Lincoln
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Lincoln. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
      • South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
    • Edinburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Enfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
      • Enfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
    • Lagrange
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Passadumkeag
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
      • Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Lincoln
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <2>
    • South Lagrange
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Lagrange. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
      • South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
    • Chester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Pea Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
      • Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
    • Olamon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olamon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
      • Olamon is located in Penobscot County
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxfield, with the one closest to Maxfield listed first.
    • Medford Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
      • Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
    • Medford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
      • Medford is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Adams
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Adams is located in Piscataquis County
    • Lake View Plantation
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
      • Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Boyd Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
      • Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
    • Milo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Milo is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <2>
    • Brownville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
      • Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <2>
    • Brownville Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brownville Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
      • Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
    • Atkinson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Sebec
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebec have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
      • Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <2>
    • Atkinson Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atkinson Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
      • Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
    • South Dover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Dover. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
      • South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
    • Bowerbank
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowerbank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
      • Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people

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

Cemeteries Near Maxfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxfield.

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

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

  • Schoodic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schoodic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schoodic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Medford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Medford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upper Ferry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Ferry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Enfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Enfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Enfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edinburg Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edinburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edinburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West End Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West End Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Transalpine Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Transalpine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Transalpine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Village Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Orneville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orneville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orneville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoyt Brook Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoyt Brook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoyt Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...
    • Sunny Slope Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Slope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Slope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pine Tree Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Tree Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dennis Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dennis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dennis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maxfield had a population of 20 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Maxfield had a population of 99 people.

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

  • Medford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
    • Medford is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Medford Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
    • Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
  • Seboeis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboeis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
    • Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
  • Howland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
  • South Lincoln
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Lincoln. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
    • South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
  • Boyd Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
    • Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
  • Lagrange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Passadumkeag
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
    • Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Enfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
    • Enfield is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
  • Milo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <2>
  • South Lagrange
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Lagrange. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
    • South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Lincoln
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <2>
    • Brownville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
      • Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <2>
    • Olamon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olamon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
      • Olamon is located in Penobscot County

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

Newspapers Published in Maxfield ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxfield, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maxfield.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Maxfield:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maxfield. 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>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.
<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 Maxfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Maxfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maxfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3026, Longitude: -68.7642       In this case, the coordinates for Maxfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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