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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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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 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.

Newtown is located in York 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 York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).

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

  • York County     (The home county of Newtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
    • Adams Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
      • Adams Corner is located in York County
    • Biddeford Pool
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kinney Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
      • Kinney Shores is located in York County
    • Ocean Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Park
      • Ocean Park is located in York County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Park <1>
    • Airport Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
      • Airport Village is located in York County
    • Biddeford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cape Porpoise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
      • Cape Porpoise is located in York County
    • Old Orchard Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Saco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
      • Saco is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,121 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <1>
    • Arundel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arundel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
      • Arundel is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arundel <1>
    • Town House Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town House Corners
      • Town House Corners is located in York County
    • Kennebunk Landing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebunk Landing
      • Kennebunk Landing is located in York County
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
    • Grand Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
      • Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
    • Prouts Neck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • West Scarborough
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Scarborough. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
      • West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
    • Danish Village ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danish Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
      • Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Scarborough
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarborough have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarborough
      • Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarborough <1>
    • Cape Elizabeth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
      • Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
    • North Scarborough
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
      • North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
    • Pleasantdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasantdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
      • Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
    • South Portland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stroudwater
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
      • Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
    • Ferry Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
      • Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
  • Rockingham County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
    • New Castle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Newington Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newington Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
      • Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
    • Portsmouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
      • Portsmouth is located in Rockingham County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portsmouth <1>
    • Seacrest Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seacrest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
      • Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
  • Strafford County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
    • Rollinsford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollinsford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollinsford
      • Rollinsford is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,577 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rollinsford <1>
    • Somersworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
      • Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
      • Former names for Somersworth:
      • Great Falls
      • Summersworth
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
    • East Rochester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Dover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
    • Milton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
    • North Rochester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
      • North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Rochester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
      • Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,719 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Newtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.

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 Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Biddeford.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90506 <4>
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Arundel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arundel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arundel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mitchell - Hatch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • West Scarboro Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Scarboro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Scarboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • Black Point Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Point Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Ocean View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
      • 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.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Camp Ellis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Ellis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ellis
    • Camp Ellis is located in York County
  • Ferry Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Beach
    • Ferry Beach is located in York County
  • Biddeford Pool
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bay View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Bay View is located in York County
  • Cape Porpoise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
    • Cape Porpoise is located in York County
  • Biddeford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Arundel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arundel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
    • Arundel is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arundel <1>
  • Saco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
    • Saco is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <1>
  • Old Orchard Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kennebunkport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebunkport
    • Kennebunkport is located in York County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,672 people
  • Kennebunk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennebunk Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennebunk Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebunk Beach
    • Kennebunk Beach is located in York County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Prouts Neck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Point Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Point Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point Beach
      • Pine Point Beach is located in Cumberland County
    • Pine Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
      • Pine Point is located in Cumberland County

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

Newspapers Published in Newtown ...

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 263 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.

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 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 Newtown:

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

The official website for York County: www.co.york.me.us/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Newtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Newtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4331, Longitude: -70.4051       In this case, the coordinates for Newtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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