Nearest Communities to Poplar Ripps,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Poplar Ripps, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Poplar Ripps:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Poplar Ripps.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Poplar Ripps is located in Somerset County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Somerset County: Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis & Waldo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Poplar Ripps. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Somerset County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Poplar Ripps (which is Somerset County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Poplar Ripps
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Somerset County (where Poplar Ripps resides)
- County Website: https://somersetcounty-me.org/
- County Seat for Somerset: Skowhegan
- Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Poplar Ripps ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Poplar Ripps.
- Brassua
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brassua is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassua
- Tarratine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tarratine is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarratine
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Somerset Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset Junction is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Junction
- Mackamp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mackamp is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackamp
- Ogontz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ogontz is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
- Long Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Seboomook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seboomook is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboomook
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Lake Parlin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Parlin is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Parlin
- Jackman Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jackman Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackman Mill
- Dennistown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dennistown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jackman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moose River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moose River is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- West Forks Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Forks Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Forks Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Attean Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Attean Landing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean Landing
- Dyerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dyerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville
- West Forks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Three Streams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Three Streams is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Streams
- Attean ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Attean is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attean
- Dennistown Plantation
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dennistown Plantation is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennistown Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Lake Moxie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Moxie is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Moxie
- The Forks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- The Forks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- The Forks has also been known as:
- The Forks Plantation
- Plantation of The Forks
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Forks <3>
- Troutdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Troutdale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
- Holeb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Holeb is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeb
- Pleasant Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Pond is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Pond
- Hayden Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hayden Landing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Landing
- Piscataquis County
- County Website: https://www.piscataquis.us/
- County Seat for Piscataquis: Dover - Foxcroft
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Poplar Ripps ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Poplar Ripps.
- Moosehead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moosehead is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- North East Carry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North East Carry is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North East Carry
- Moose Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moose Brook is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Brook
- Lily Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lily Bay is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Bay
- Beaver Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Cove is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Kokadjo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kokadjo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokadjo
- Greenville Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Highlands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Highlands is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Highlands
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morkill is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morkill
- Shirley Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Mills
- Shirley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Upper Shirley Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shirley Corner
- Lower Shirley Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Shirley Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shirley Corner
- Bodfish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bodfish is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodfish
- Elliottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliottsville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poplar Ripps) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |