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 Gray (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 Gray. 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 Gray ...
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 Gray: N. Gray
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 Gray 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 Gray. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Gray:
- Cumberland County (The home county of North Gray)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Dry Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dry Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Mills
- Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
- East Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- New Gloucester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gray
- Shaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- North Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Yarmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Ireland Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ireland Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Corner
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Windham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windham
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Littlefield Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Penley Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- West Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minot
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lewiston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Monmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- North Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Purgatory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- West Gardiner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- South Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Hatchs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Spurrs Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- East Otisfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- Norway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- East Hiram
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Denmark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buckfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Durgintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Pejepscot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bowdoin Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bowdoin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sabino
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Richmond Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Days Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Harwards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Phippsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sebasco Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Chicopee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Buxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- East Limington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- North Limington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Bar Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Limington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Limington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- Hollis Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- Cornish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Lake Arrowhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Gray, see our County-by-County Page for North Gray.
Cemeteries Near North Gray ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Gray.
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 Gray - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Gray covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Pineland Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lower Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Purington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Raymond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McKenney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dolley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Stevens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (473 more) ...
- West Cumberland Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Farris Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Crescent Lake.
- The Mountain Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155334 <3>
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 North Gray had a population of 23 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Gray, with the one closest to North Gray listed first.
- Dry Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dry Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Mills
- Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
- East Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- Gray Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Station
- New Gloucester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gray
- West Pownal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pownal
- Upper Gloucester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upper Gloucester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Gloucester
- North Yarmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- North Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Raymond is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Raymond
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Raymond is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Raymond
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poland Spring
(7 miles [11.3 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 North Gray. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Gray.
Newspapers Published in North Gray ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Gray.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Gray, 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 Gray.
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 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 North Gray:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Gray) 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 Gray, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |