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Nearest Communities to Minturn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 north.

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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Minturn.<1>

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

Minturn is located in Hancock County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 136 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Minturn. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Hancock 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 Minturn (which is Hancock 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 Minturn

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

  • Hancock County   (where Minturn resides)
    • Given the large number of communities that are located in Hancock County, we have limited the list to those within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Minturn (about 100 communities).
    • County Website:   https://hancockcountymaine.gov/
    • County Seat for Hancock:   Ellsworth
    • Note: The Atlantic Ocean lies to the south
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Minturn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Minturn.
      • Swans Island
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Atlantic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Frenchboro
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Richtown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Richtown is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown
      • Bernard
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Naskeag
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Naskeag is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naskeag
      • West Tremont
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Baldwin Corners
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Baldwin Corners is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Corners
      • Bass Harbor
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Tremont
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wonderland
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Wonderland is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
      • Sunshine
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Sunshine is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Continue List   (108 more) ...
  • Knox County
  • Waldo County
    • County Website:   https://www.waldocountyme.gov/
    • County Seat for Waldo:   Belfast
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Minturn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Minturn.
      • Islesboro
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
      • Dark Harbor
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Dark Harbor is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Harbor
      • North Islesboro
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pripet
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pripet is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pripet
      • Crows Nest
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Crows Nest is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Nest
      • Northport
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Temple Heights
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Temple Heights is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Heights
      • Lincolnville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Ducktrap
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Ducktrap is located in Waldo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktrap

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Minturn) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.