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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 North Winterport (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 Winterport. 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 Winterport ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Winterport: N. Winterport

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Winterport is located in Waldo 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 Waldo County: Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot & Somerset.

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

  • Waldo County     (The home county of North Winterport)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Winterport, with the one closest to North Winterport listed first.
    • Winterport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport
      • Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winterport <2>
    • Frankfort
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Frankfort is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <2>
    • Prospect Ferry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Prospect
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Monroe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Searsport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Sandy Point is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Point <2>
    • Stockton Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockton Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton Springs
      • Stockton Springs is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton Springs <2>
    • Swanville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville
      • Swanville is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanville <2>
    • Jackson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jackson
      • From North Winterport to Jackson
    • Searsport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Winterport, with the one closest to North Winterport listed first.
    • Bucksport Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bucksport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucksport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
      • Bucksport is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,916 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucksport <2>
    • Verona Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dedham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Orland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
      • Orland is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,173 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orland <2>
    • East Orland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Orland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orland
      • East Orland is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Orland <2>
    • West Penobscot
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • North Penobscot
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Otis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Otis is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
    • West Brooksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Castine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Penobscot
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penobscot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
      • Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penobscot <2>
  • Kennebec County
  • Knox County
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Winterport, with the one closest to North Winterport listed first.
    • Orrington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Goodale Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hampden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
      • Hampden is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,513 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampden <2>
    • Hampden Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Orrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Newburgh Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • North Newburgh
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Newburgh
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
      • Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
    • South Newburgh
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bangor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hermon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
      • Hermon is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <2>
    • Brewer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <2>
  • Somerset County

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

Cemeteries Near North Winterport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Winterport.

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

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

  • Cove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Twining Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twining Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twining Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellingwood Corner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wiswell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiswell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiswell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Locust Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Neallys Corner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neallys Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neallys Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (273 more) ...
    • North Orrington Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Orrington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Orrington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Silver Lake Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Lake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Winterport had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • North Bucksport
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bucksport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bucksport
    • North Bucksport is located in Hancock County
  • South Orrington
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Orrington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orrington
    • South Orrington is located in Penobscot County
  • Winterport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport
    • Winterport is located in Waldo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winterport <2>
  • Bucksport Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Orrington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ellingwood Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellingwood Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellingwood Corner
    • Ellingwood Corner is located in Waldo County
  • Frankfort
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
    • Frankfort is located in Waldo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <2>
  • Goodale Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Orrington Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrington Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrington Center
    • Orrington Center is located in Penobscot County
  • Hampden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
    • Hampden is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,513 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampden <2>
  • Hampden Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • East Orrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Orrington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orrington
    • East Orrington is located in Penobscot County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • North Orrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • West Winterport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Winterport
      • West Winterport is located in Waldo County
    • Bucks Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
      • Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County

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

Newspapers Published in North Winterport ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Winterport.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Winterport, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Winterport.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Winterport:

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

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 North Winterport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- North Winterport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Winterport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6770, Longitude: -68.8458       In this case, the coordinates for North Winterport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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