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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 Oxbow Plantation (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 Oxbow Plantation. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Oxbow Plantation is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

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

  • Aroostook County     (The home county of Oxbow Plantation)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow Plantation, with the one closest to Oxbow Plantation listed first.
    • Oxbow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Masardis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Masardis is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Garfield Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Garfield Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Ashland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sheridan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sheridan is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Walker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Nashville Plantation
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Nashville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Moro Plantation
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Chapman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chapman is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 450 people
    • Merrill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrill is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Portage
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Castle Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oxbow Plantation, with the one closest to Oxbow Plantation listed first.
    • Shin Pond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
    • Mount Chase
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Patten
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Oxbow Plantation ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oxbow Plantation.

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 Oxbow Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oxbow Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Botting Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Oxbow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Willard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rafford Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alieff Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Winslow Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ashland Municipal Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Old St. Marks Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ashland Sheridan Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Cooper Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker Gardiner Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • York Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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.<2>

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

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

  • Oxbow
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Masardis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Masardis is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Ashland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Moro
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Moro is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
  • Portage
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Hersey
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Mapleton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Castle Hill
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
  • Smyrna Mills
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Oakfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer Brook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Patten
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Westfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Westfield is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
    • Presque Isle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Oxbow Plantation ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oxbow Plantation.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oxbow Plantation, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oxbow Plantation.

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 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 Oxbow Plantation:

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>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 Oxbow Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oxbow Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.