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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 Moody (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 Moody. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Moody 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 Moody. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moody:

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Moody)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moody, with the one closest to Moody listed first.
    • Dexter
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Dexter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,702 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <1>
    • Russell Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
    • Corinna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Exeter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Exeter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
    • Silvers Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
    • Garland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • North Newport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Newport is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
    • East Exeter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
    • Stetson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stetson is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
    • Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • East Newport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • East Newport is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
    • Corinth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Kennebec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moody, with the one closest to Moody listed first.
    • Clinton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Morrison Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Morrison Corner is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Corner
    • Benton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Benton is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,720 people
    • Benton Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Benton Falls is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Falls
    • Benton Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Benton Station is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moody, with the one closest to Moody listed first.
    • Dover South Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
    • East Sangerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
    • Howard Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
    • Parkman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Guilford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sangerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • South Dover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
    • Dover - Foxcroft
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wellington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Wellington is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Atkinson Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
    • Atkinson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Abbot
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Abbot is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbot <1>
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moody, with the one closest to Moody listed first.
    • Ripley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ripley is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Saint Albans
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmyra
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hartland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cambridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mainstream
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mainstream is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
    • West Palmyra
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
    • Detroit
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dogtown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Dogtown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Houston Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
    • Harmony
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pittsfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moody, with the one closest to Moody listed first.
    • Burnham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Burnham is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
    • Troy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Troy is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
    • Winnecook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Winnecook is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
    • Unity
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jackson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jackson is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • Thorndike
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Monroe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Monroe is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
    • Knox Ledge Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Knox Ledge Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Ledge Corner
    • Monroe Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
    • Brooks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • North Winterport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport

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

Cemeteries Near Moody ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moody.

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 Moody - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Nutter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Storer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fern - Dale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Weeks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • North Newport Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chamberlain Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • West Garland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Ripley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wing Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Crowell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (190 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Corinna Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Corinna Center is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinna Center
  • Dexter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dexter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,702 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <1>
  • Ripley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ripley is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
  • Corinna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spragues Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spragues Mill is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragues Mill
  • North Dexter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • North Dexter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dexter
  • Saint Albans
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • North Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Newport is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
  • Exeter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Exeter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
  • Garland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Garland is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Silvers Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
  • South Exeter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • South Exeter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Exeter
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Hartland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmyra
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stetson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stetson is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people

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

Newspapers Published in Moody ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moody.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moody, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moody.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Moody:

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>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Moody, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Moody) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.