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Nearest Communities to McKeen Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to McKeen Crossing, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for McKeen Crossing:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from McKeen Crossing.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


McKeen Crossing is located in Aroostook County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McKeen Crossing. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Aroostook County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for McKeen Crossing (which is Aroostook County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from McKeen Crossing

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Aroostook County   (where McKeen Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://aroostook.me.us/
    • County Seat for Aroostook:   Houlton
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the northwest and the Province of New Brunswick to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McKeen Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McKeen Crossing.
      • Rand Landing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Rand Landing is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand Landing
      • Russell Crossing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Russell Crossing is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Crossing
      • Round Mountain
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Round Mountain is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
      • Greenlaw Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Greenlaw Crossing is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw Crossing
      • Grassy Landing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Grassy Landing is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Landing
      • Garfield Plantation
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Garfield Plantation is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Plantation
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
      • Nashville Plantation
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Nashville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Skerry
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Skerry is located in Aroostook County
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      • Ashland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sheridan
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Sheridan is located in Aroostook County
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      • Portage
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oxbow Plantation
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Oxbow Plantation is located in Aroostook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Plantation
        • Estimated population in 2018: 61 people
      • Continue List   (32 more) ...
        • Squapan
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Squapan is located in Aroostook County
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        • High Landing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • High Landing is located in Aroostook County
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        • Portage Lake
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Portage Lake is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
        • Oxbow
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Masardis
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Masardis is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
        • Buffalo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Buffalo is located in Aroostook County
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        • Nixon
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Nixon is located in Aroostook County
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        • Walker
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Walker is located in Aroostook County
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        • McNally
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • McNally is located in Aroostook County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNally
        • Blackwater
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Blackwater is located in Aroostook County
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        • Castle Hill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
        • Griswold
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Griswold is located in Aroostook County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
        • Huson Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Huson Landing is located in Aroostook County
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        • Quimby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Quimby is located in Aroostook County
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        • Winterville Plantation
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Winterville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
        • Wade
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wade is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
        • Chapman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Chapman is located in Aroostook County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 450 people
        • Winterville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Winterville is located in Aroostook County
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        • Hawkins
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Hawkins is located in Aroostook County
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        • Mapleton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Pride
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Pride is located in Aroostook County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
        • State Road
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • State Road is located in Aroostook County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road
        • Wheelock Mill
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Wheelock Mill is located in Aroostook County
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        • Bugbee
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bugbee is located in Aroostook County
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        • Perham
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Spaulding
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Spaulding is located in Aroostook County
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        • Washburn
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Adaline
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Adaline is located in Aroostook County
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        • Grindstone
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Grindstone is located in Aroostook County
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        • Eagle Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Hanford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Hanford is located in Aroostook County
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        • North Wade
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • North Wade is located in Aroostook County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wade
  • Penobscot County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKeen Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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