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 Parkers (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 Parkers. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Parkers 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 Parkers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkers:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Parkers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers, with the one closest to Parkers listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Milo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Atkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Atkinson Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Brownville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Sebec
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Brownville Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Dover South Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers, with the one closest to Parkers listed first.
- Lagrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- South Lagrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Bradford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Maxfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Howland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Enfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Passadumkeag
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers, with the one closest to Parkers listed first.
- Ripley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Cambridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parkers, see our County-by-County Page for Parkers.
Cemeteries Near Parkers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkers.
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 Parkers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkers, with the one closest to Parkers listed first.
- Orneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Medford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farnham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Corner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Hart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trask Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Parkers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkers.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkers, with the one closest to Parkers listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Lagrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Medford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- South Lagrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Medford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Milo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Atkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- South Sebec
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Maxfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Brownville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkers.
Newspapers Published in Parkers ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkers, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkers.
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 Parkers:
- 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 Parkers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |