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 Packard Landing (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 Packard Landing. 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 Packard Landing ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Packard Landing: Packard Lndg. (or less commonly used: Packard Lndng.)
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 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.
Packard Landing is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Packard Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Packard Landing:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Packard Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Packard Landing, with the one closest to Packard Landing listed first.
- Willimantic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bowerbank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Monson Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Monson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Guilford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Howard Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Sangerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dover - Foxcroft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abbot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sebec
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Sangerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Lower Shirley Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packard Landing, with the one closest to Packard Landing listed first.
- Silvers Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- North Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
- Lagrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Exeter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- Corinna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packard Landing, with the one closest to Packard Landing listed first.
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Mayfield Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- Mainstream
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Brighton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Albans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- The Forks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- The Forks has also been known as:
- The Forks Plantation
- Plantation of The Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Packard Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Packard Landing.
Cemeteries Near Packard Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Packard Landing.
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 Packard Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Packard Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Packard Landing, with the one closest to Packard Landing listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Monson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Village Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rural Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Abbot Village Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (69 more) ...
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McAllister Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foss Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Packard Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Packard Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Packard Landing, with the one closest to Packard Landing listed first.
- Willimantic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Onawa
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Onawa is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onawa
- North Guilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Guilford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guilford
- Monson Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Monson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Abbot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sangerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- East Sangerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- East Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Sebec
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blanchard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- South Sebec
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Packard Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Packard Landing.
Newspapers Published in Packard Landing ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Packard Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Packard Landing, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Packard Landing.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Packard Landing:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Packard Landing, 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' (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- Packard Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |