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 Deering (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 Deering. 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 Deering ...
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 Deering: N. Deering
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 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 Deering is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near North Deering. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Deering:
- Cumberland County (The home county of North Deering)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Sagamore Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sagamore Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Village
- Waites Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waites Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waites Landing
- Falmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stroudwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Westbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Falmouth Foreside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- Cash Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Pleasantdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- South Portland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ferry Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- Little Diamond Island Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Durham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Lisbon Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- West Poland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Poland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Littlefield Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Poland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Minot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Moussam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Rankins Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Durgintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- East Otisfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Kezar Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Sebasco Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Small Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pejepscot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sabino
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phippsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Georgetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arrowsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bowdoinham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Buxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Old Orchard Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chicopee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Ocean Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bar Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Saco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford Pool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Deering, see our County-by-County Page for North Deering.
Cemeteries Near North Deering ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Deering.
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 Deering - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Deering covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leighton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McGregor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Hyacinthe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Beth El Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Beth El Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Beth El Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Temple Beth El Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Beth El Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342716 <2>
- Brooklawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooklawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Brooklawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #852912 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find North Deering in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Deering.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Deering, with the one closest to North Deering listed first.
- Deering
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deering is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Woodfords
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodfords is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
- East Deering
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Deering is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- Prides Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Prides Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prides Corner
- West Falmouth ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Falmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
- Cumberland Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Mills
- Stroudwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Portland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cash Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Pleasantdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Portland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- Knightville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knightville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Deering. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Deering.
Newspapers Published in North Deering ...
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 297 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Deering.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Deering, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Deering.
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 helpful 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 Deering:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Deering, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Deering) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |