Our Genealogy Helper
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 Morkill (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 Morkill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Morkill is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Morkill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morkill:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Morkill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morkill, with the one closest to Morkill listed first.
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Shirley Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shirley Corner
- Lower Shirley Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Greenville Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shirley Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Beaver Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Shirley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Monson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willimantic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Lily Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Bay
- Monson Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Moosehead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Abbot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morkill, with the one closest to Morkill listed first.
- Silvers Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Dexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morkill, with the one closest to Morkill listed first.
- Somerset Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
- Rockwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Forks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- 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>
- Mayfield Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- West Forks Plantation
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- West Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mackamp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mackamp is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Caratunk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ripley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morkill, see our County-by-County Page for Morkill.
Cemeteries Near Morkill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morkill.
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 Morkill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morkill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morkill, with the one closest to Morkill listed first.
- Greenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shirley Mills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Road Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Abbot Village Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Guilford Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lawn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Village Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Parkman Corner Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rural Grove Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Morkill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morkill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morkill, with the one closest to Morkill listed first.
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shirley Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Onawa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onawa is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onawa
- Shirley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Monson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willimantic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Blanchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Lily Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Bay
- North Guilford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Guilford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guilford
- Monson Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Moosehead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Abbot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sangerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morkill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morkill.
Newspapers Published in Morkill ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morkill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morkill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morkill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Morkill:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
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 Morkill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morkill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |