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 North Bath (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 North Bath. 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 North Bath ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Bath: N. Bath
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
North Bath is located in Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near North Bath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Bath:
- Sagadahoc County (The home county of North Bath)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Days Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bath
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woolwich
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Murphys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- West Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sabino
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Harwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Phippsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Topsham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- MacMahan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Lisbon Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Sabattus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wales
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Penley Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Nason Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Wales Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Leeds Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Lewiston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Harding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Pennellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Cundys Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Harpswell Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Merepoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Harpswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orrs Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bustins Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- West Harpswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Freeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Gardiner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Batchelders Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- East Pittston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- South Monmouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Gardiner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pittston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Purgatory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Farmingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chelsea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Friendship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- South Cushing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Cushing is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cushing
- Cushing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Port Clyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Martinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Globe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Warren Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- Long Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Long Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cove
- Tenants Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Westport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Trevett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Wiscasset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edgecomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgecomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Edgecomb is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgecomb
- Boothbay Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Southport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Bayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Mouse Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Bath, see our County-by-County Page for North Bath.
Cemeteries Near North Bath ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Bath.
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 North Bath - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Bath covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Laurel Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Partridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Partridge Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Woolwich.
- The Partridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hodgkins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #560758 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Randall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarbox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Webber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Bath had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Bath, with the one closest to North Bath listed first.
- Bath
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woolwich
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nequasset
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nequasset is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nequasset
- Harding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Winnegance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Winnegance is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnegance
- Montsweag
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montsweag is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsweag
- Cathance
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cathance is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathance
- Arrowsic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Bowdoinham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Phippsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trevett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Topsham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Bath. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Bath.
Newspapers Published in North Bath ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Bath.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Bath, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Bath.
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 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 North Bath:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Sagadahoc County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Bath) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 North Bath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |