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 The Pines (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 The Pines. 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.
The Pines is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near The Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Pines:
- Washington County (The home county of The Pines)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
- Grand Lake Stream
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Talmadge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Waite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Topsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Wesley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Codyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Beddington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brookton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Baileyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
- Great Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
- Lakeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- South Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation of Prentiss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Lowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Pines, see our County-by-County Page for The Pines.
Cemeteries Near The Pines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Pines.
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 The Pines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Pines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- St. Annes Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Academy Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Page Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belding Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Great Pond Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Number 1 Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old Crawford Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Winn Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
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 The Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Pines.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
- Grand Lake Stream
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Waite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Lee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Topsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Great Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- East Winn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
- East Lowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wesley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Lowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Pines. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Pines.
Newspapers Published in The Pines ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Pines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Pines, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Pines.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 The Pines:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Penobscot 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 The Pines, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |