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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 Moose Brook (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 Moose Brook. 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.

Name Variations for Moose Brook ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Moose Brook: Moose Brk.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Moose Brook is located in Piscataquis County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

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

  • Piscataquis County     (The home county of Moose Brook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Brook, with the one closest to Moose Brook listed first.
    • Greenville Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
      • Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Moosehead
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosehead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
      • Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
    • Greenville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Greenville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,628 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
    • Lily Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lily Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Bay
      • Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County
    • Shirley Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
      • Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
    • Upper Shirley Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shirley Corner
      • Upper Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Lower Shirley Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
      • Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
    • Shirley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Kokadjo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokadjo
      • Kokadjo is located in Piscataquis County
    • Monson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
      • Monson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monson <1>
    • Willimantic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willimantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
      • Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Monson Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
      • Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Brook, with the one closest to Moose Brook listed first.
    • Somerset Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
      • Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
    • Rockwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
      • Rockwood is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwood <1>
    • Mackamp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackamp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
      • Mackamp is located in Somerset County
    • West Forks Plantation
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Forks Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
      • West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • The Forks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
      • The Forks is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • The Forks has also been known as:
      • The Forks Plantation
      • Plantation of The Forks
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
    • West Forks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks
      • West Forks is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Forks <1>
    • Long Pond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
      • Long Pond is located in Somerset County
    • Caratunk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayfield Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
      • Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jackman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman
      • Jackman is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 813 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackman <1>
    • Moose River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
      • Moose River is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people

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

Newspapers Published in Moose Brook ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moose Brook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moose Brook, 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 Moose Brook.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Moose Brook:

Cemeteries Near Moose Brook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moose Brook.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Greenville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenville Cemetery
  • Shirley Mills Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shirley Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shirley Mills Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Lake Road Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Road Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Monson Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monson Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Abbot Village Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbot Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbot Village Cemetery
  • Guilford Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guilford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guilford Cemetery
  • Lawn Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawn Cemetery
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Bowerbank Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowerbank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowerbank Cemetery
    • Foss Hill Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foss Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foss Hill Cemetery
    • Parkman Corner Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkman Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkman Corner Cemetery

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.<4>

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

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

  • Greenville Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,628 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
  • Moosehead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosehead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
    • Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
  • Lily Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lily Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Bay
    • Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County
  • Shirley Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
    • Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
  • Shirley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
    • Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Blanchard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
    • Blanchard is located in Piscataquis County
  • Monson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
    • Monson is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monson <1>
  • Onawa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onawa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onawa
    • Onawa is located in Piscataquis County
  • Mackamp
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackamp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
    • Mackamp is located in Somerset County
  • Willimantic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willimantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
    • Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • West Forks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks
    • West Forks is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Forks <1>
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • The Forks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
      • The Forks is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • The Forks has also been known as:
      • The Forks Plantation
      • Plantation of The Forks
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
    • Long Pond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
      • Long Pond is located in Somerset County
    • Monson Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
      • Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moose Brook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moose Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moose Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5150, Longitude: -69.6603       In this case, the coordinates for Moose Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Moose Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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