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Nearest Communities to Moosehorn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Moosehorn is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Franklin County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Moosehorn. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Franklin County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Moosehorn (which is Franklin 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 Moosehorn

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

  • Franklin County   (where Moosehorn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountymaine.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Farmington
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Moosehorn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Moosehorn.
      • Coburn Gore
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Gore
      • Lowelltown
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lowelltown is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowelltown
      • Round Mountain
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
      • Skinner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Skinner is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
      • Keough
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Keough is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keough
      • Grants Camps
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Grants Camps is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Camps
      • Kennebago
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Kennebago is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago
      • Davis Town
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
      • Kennebago Settlement
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kennebago Settlement is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago Settlement
      • The Landing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • The Landing is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
      • Eustis
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Langtown Mill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Langtown Mill is located in Franklin County
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        • Stratton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Kamankeag ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Kamankeag is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamankeag
        • Coplin Plantation
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
        • Loon Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
        • Dallas Plantation
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
        • Dead River ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Dead River is located in Franklin County
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        • Mountainview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
        • Oquossoc
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Mingo Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
        • Mooselookmeguntic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Mooselookmeguntic is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooselookmeguntic
        • Rangeley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Dallas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Dallas is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
  • Oxford County
  • Somerset County
    • County Website:   https://somersetcounty-me.org/
    • County Seat for Somerset:   Skowhegan
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Moosehorn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Moosehorn.
      • Holeb
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Holeb is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeb
      • Attean ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Attean is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean
      • Spring Lake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Spring Lake is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Three Streams
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Three Streams is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams
      • Attean Landing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Attean Landing is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean Landing
      • Spring Lake Landing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Spring Lake Landing is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Landing
      • Dennistown Plantation
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dennistown Plantation is located in Somerset County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown Plantation
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Dyerville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Dyerville is located in Somerset County
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      • Hayden Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hayden Landing is located in Somerset County
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      • Jackman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Coos County

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- Moosehorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Moosehorn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.