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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 Pea Ridge (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 Pea Ridge. 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 Pea Ridge ...

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 Pea Ridge: Pea Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pea Rdge. or Pea Ridg.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.

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

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Pea Ridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pea Ridge, with the one closest to Pea Ridge listed first.
    • Chester
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
      • Chester is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Chester
      • From Pea Ridge to Chester
    • Lincoln
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <3>
    • South Lincoln
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Winn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
      • Winn is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Woodville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
    • Mattawamkeag
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Seboeis Plantation
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboeis Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
      • Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Lee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Medway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
      • Medway is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medway <3>
    • Enfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • West Enfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Enfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Enfield
      • West Enfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Enfield <3>
    • East Millinocket
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Millinocket have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millinocket
      • East Millinocket is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Millinocket <3>
  • Aroostook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pea Ridge, with the one closest to Pea Ridge listed first.
    • Molunkus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Macwahoc Plantation
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macwahoc Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
      • Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Benedicta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Wytopitlock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wytopitlock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
      • Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
    • Reed Plantation
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
      • Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Bancroft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pea Ridge, with the one closest to Pea Ridge listed first.
    • Medford Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Medford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake View Plantation
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
      • Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Adams
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Boyd Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
      • Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boyd Lake
      • From Pea Ridge to Boyd Lake
    • Milo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
      • Brownville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownville <3>
    • Brownville Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Sebec
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebec have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebec
      • Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebec <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Pea Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pea Ridge.

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 Pea Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lincoln Center Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Middle Chester Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middle Chester Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middle Chester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Winn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Winn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Winn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Chester Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Chester Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Chester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Transalpine Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Transalpine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Transalpine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Half Twp. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Half Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Half Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Winn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Winn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Winn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Long Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fiske Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fiske Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fiske Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Academy Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Academy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Academy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • West End Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West End Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West End Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • West Enfield Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Enfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Enfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<4>

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

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

  • Chester
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Chester
    • From Pea Ridge to Chester
  • Lincoln Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
    • Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
  • North Lincoln
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
    • North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
  • Lincoln
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <3>
  • South Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
    • Winn is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Woodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Seboeis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seboeis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
    • Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
  • East Winn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Winn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
    • East Winn is located in Penobscot County
  • Mattawamkeag
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Enfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Medway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
    • Medway is located in Penobscot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medway <3>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Maxfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
      • Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Howland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Pea Ridge ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pea Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pea Ridge, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pea Ridge.

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 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 Pea Ridge:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Pea Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pea Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pea Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4234, Longitude: -68.5246    









 

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