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 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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
    • Oxbow is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxbow <2>
  • Masardis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
    • Masardis is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Garfield Plantation
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Plantation
    • Garfield Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
  • Ashland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Ashland is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
  • Sheridan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheridan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Sheridan is located in Aroostook County
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Aroostook County
  • Nashville Plantation
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville Plantation
    • Nashville Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Moro Plantation
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moro Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
    • Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Chapman
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
    • Chapman is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 450 people
  • Merrill
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
    • Merrill is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Portage
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Portage is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <2>
  • Castle Hill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
    • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
    • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
    • Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
  • Mount Chase
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
    • Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Patten
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
    • Patten is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patten <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oxbow Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:

• Websites specific to Maine
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Maine State Archives

• Pages specific to Aroostook County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Penobscot County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cemeteries of Aroostook County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maine
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Maine
  • Cemeteries of Aroostook County

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.

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 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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Botting Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Botting Cemetery
• Oxbow Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxbow Cemetery
• Willard Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willard Cemetery
• Smith Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
• Robinson Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
• Rafford Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rafford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rafford Cemetery
• Alieff Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alieff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alieff Cemetery
• Winslow Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winslow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winslow Cemetery
• Dunn Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunn Cemetery
• Ashland Municipal Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashland Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashland Municipal Cemetery
• Old St. Marks Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marks Cemetery
• Ashland Sheridan Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashland Sheridan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashland Sheridan Cemetery
• Continue List   (45 more) ...
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
  • Walker Gardiner Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Gardiner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Gardiner Cemetery
  • York Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Cemetery

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>

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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxbow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
  • Oxbow is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxbow <2>
• Masardis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
  • Masardis is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
• Ashland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
  • Ashland is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
• Moro
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
  • Moro is located in Aroostook County
• Castle Hill
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
  • Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
• Portage
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
  • Portage is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <2>
• Hersey
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hersey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
  • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
• Mapleton
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mapleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Mapleton is located in Aroostook County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mapleton <2>
• Smyrna Mills
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Mills
  • Smyrna Mills is located in Aroostook County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna Mills <2>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Smyrna
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyrna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Oakfield
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
    • Oakfield is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakfield <2>
  • Dyer Brook
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
    • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Patten
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patten
    • Patten is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patten <2>
  • Westfield
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
    • Westfield is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
  • Presque Isle
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presque Isle
    • Presque Isle is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presque Isle <2>

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Aroostook County: www.aroostook.me.us/

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