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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 Pemaquid Beach (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 Pemaquid Beach. 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 Pemaquid Beach ...

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 Pemaquid Beach: Pemaquid Bch.

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 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.

Pemaquid Beach is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Kennebec, Knox, Sagadahoc & Waldo.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Pemaquid Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pemaquid Beach.

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 Pemaquid Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ocean Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Main Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Main Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Main Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farnham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farnham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farnham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Poole - Greenlaw Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Bristol Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Bristol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Bristol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Loudville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loudville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loudville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chamberlain Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ocean View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wiley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • North Edgecomb Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Edgecomb Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Edgecomb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Knight Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pemaquid Beach had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • New Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • South Bristol
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
    • South Bristol is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Bristol <2>
  • Pemaquid
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • East Boothbay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Boothbay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boothbay
    • East Boothbay is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Boothbay <2>
  • Linekin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • West Bristol
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bristol
    • West Bristol is located in Lincoln County
  • Boothbay Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ocean Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
    • Ocean Point is located in Lincoln County
  • Walpole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Round Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Pond
    • Round Pond is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Pond <2>
  • Bristol
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bristol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Bristol is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <2>
  • Boothbay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mouse Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • East Edgecomb
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Southport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
      • Southport is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southport <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Pemaquid Beach ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pemaquid Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pemaquid Beach, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pemaquid Beach.

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 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 Pemaquid Beach:

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

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.me.us/

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Pemaquid Beach, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pemaquid Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pemaquid Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8755, Longitude: -69.5209    









 

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