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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 Mount Chase (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 Mount Chase. 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 and hospitals 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.

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

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Mount Chase)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Chase, with the one closest to Mount Chase listed first.
    • Shin Pond
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
    • Patten
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherman Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
    • Stacyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
  • Aroostook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Chase, with the one closest to Mount Chase listed first.
    • Hersey
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Moro Plantation
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Crystal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crystal is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Island Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Dyer Brook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Sherman Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sherman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sherman is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Oakfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Benedicta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Smyrna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Chase, with the one closest to Mount Chase listed first.
    • Old City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Old City is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • New City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • New City is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City

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

Cemeteries Near Mount Chase ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Chase.

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 Mount Chase - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hersey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Crystal Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marley Bradford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bates Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Darling Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Village Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Golden Ridge Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sherman Mills Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyer Brook Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Tarbell Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Merrill Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Barrows Chambers Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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 Mount Chase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Chase.

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

  • Hersey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Patten
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Moro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Moro is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
  • Crystal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystal is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Island Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stacyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
  • Sherman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sherman is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
  • Sherman Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Dyer Brook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Oakfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Smyrna Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Benedicta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Smyrna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Monarda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Monarda is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarda
    • Oxbow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

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 Mount Chase:

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 Mount Chase, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.