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 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 doctors and hospitals 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 may 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)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- 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)
- South Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Edinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- 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)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Lagrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Olamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- 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)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Adams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake View Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Boyd Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Milo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Brownville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Atkinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Sebec
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Bowerbank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- 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.
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 Maxfield - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Medford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Enfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West End Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Village Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orneville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hoyt Brook Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dennis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 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)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Medford Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Seboeis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Howland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- South Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Boyd Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Lagrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Passadumkeag
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Milo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- South Lagrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Olamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
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]<3>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot 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> | 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. |
| <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- Maxfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |