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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 Monhegan Plantation (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 Monhegan Plantation. 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 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.

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.

Monhegan Plantation is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Kennebec, Knox, Sagadahoc & Waldo.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Monhegan Plantation)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monhegan Plantation, with the one closest to Monhegan Plantation listed first.
    • Monhegan
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Monhegan is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monhegan
    • Pemaquid Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pemaquid Point is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Point
    • Chamberlain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Harbor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Loudville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Loudville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
    • Pemaquid Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pemaquid Beach is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Beach
    • Pemaquid Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pemaquid Harbor is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Harbor
    • Pemaquid
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Round Pond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • East Boothbay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Linekin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Linekin is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
    • Bayville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bayville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monhegan Plantation, with the one closest to Monhegan Plantation listed first.
    • Cundys Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • East Harpswell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
    • Harding
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Harding is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monhegan Plantation, with the one closest to Monhegan Plantation listed first.
    • Port Clyde
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Martinsville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Pleasant Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
    • Tenants Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Friendship
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • South Cushing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • South Cushing is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cushing
    • Long Cove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Long Cove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cove
    • Cushing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint George
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Saint George is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
    • Spruce Head
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • South Thomaston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Criehaven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Criehaven is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criehaven
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1 people
    • Matinicus Isle Plantation
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Matinicus Isle Plantation is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matinicus Isle Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Sagadahoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monhegan Plantation, with the one closest to Monhegan Plantation listed first.
    • MacMahan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphys Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
    • Arrowsic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Popham Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
    • Phippsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bath
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bath is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
    • Small Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Woolwich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Days Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
    • Sebasco Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sabino
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
    • West Bath
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Monhegan Plantation ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monhegan Plantation.

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 Monhegan Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monhegan Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Loudville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ocean Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Seaside Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Chamberlain Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Harbor Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Poole - Greenlaw Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Main Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Farnham Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (102 more) ...
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • West Bristol Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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>

While we didn't find Monhegan Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monhegan Plantation.

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

  • Monhegan
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Monhegan is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monhegan
  • Port Clyde
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • New Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Pemaquid Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pemaquid Beach is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Beach
  • Round Pond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tenants Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Pemaquid
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • South Bristol
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • South Cushing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • South Cushing is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cushing
  • Friendship
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • East Boothbay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Linekin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Linekin is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
    • Ocean Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Ocean Point is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point

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

Newspapers Published in Monhegan Plantation ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monhegan Plantation.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monhegan Plantation, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monhegan Plantation.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Monhegan Plantation:

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 Monhegan Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Monhegan Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.