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 Pine Park (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 Pine Park. 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 doctors 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.
Pine Park is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Park:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Pine Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- Grand Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Prouts Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Scarborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Scarborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Cape Elizabeth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Pleasantdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- South Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- Ferry Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- Oxford County
- Durgintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- Old Orchard Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kinney Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Ocean Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Saco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Biddeford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Biddeford Pool
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bar Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arundel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
- Town House Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Town House Corners is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town House Corners
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- East Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Woodman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- Rollinsford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Milton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- North Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Park, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Park.
Cemeteries Near Pine Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Park.
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 Pine Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Biddeford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90506 <2>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Scarboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Black Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arundel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Gorham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Nonesuch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Buston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <2>
- Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Pine Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Park, with the one closest to Pine Park listed first.
- Saco
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bay View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bay View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Old Orchard Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Biddeford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ferry Beach is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Beach
- Camp Ellis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Ellis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ellis
- Pine Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Prouts Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Point Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Point Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point Beach
- West Scarborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Biddeford Pool
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Buxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Buxton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buxton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Goodwins Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Mills
- Arundel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cape Porpoise is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Porpoise
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Park.
Newspapers Published in Pine Park ...
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 283 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Park.
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 Pine Park:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Strafford 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Pine Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Pine Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |