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 Porter Landing (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 Porter Landing. 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 Porter Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Porter Landing: Porter Lndg. (or less commonly used: Porter Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Porter Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Porter Landing.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Porter Landing 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 Porter Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Porter Landing:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Porter Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bustins Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- Bunganuc Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Merepoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Pownal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Upper Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Yarmouth Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pennellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Harpswell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Durham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lisbon Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Penley Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Littlefield Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Drinkwater Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Lewiston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Poland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Minot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Purgatory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Monmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- West Gardiner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- South Gardiner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- North Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Southport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trevett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Hatchs Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Mouse Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- West Boothbay Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Boothbay Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bayville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Edgecomb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- East Otisfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Topsham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Sabino
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sebasco Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Phippsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bowdoin Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Small Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woolwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bowdoinham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Chicopee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Buxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Kimbles Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Old Orchard Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bar Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- East Limington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Hollis Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Limington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Biddeford Pool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Porter Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Porter Landing.
Cemeteries Near Porter Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Porter Landing.
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 Porter Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Porter Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Freeport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wolf Neck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flying Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Webster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Freeport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Merrill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stetson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ledge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Porter Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Porter Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Porter Landing, with the one closest to Porter Landing listed first.
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Yarmouth Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Pownal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cousins Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cousins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Island
- West Harpswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Harpswell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- North Harpswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harpswell
- South Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Durham is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Durham
- Walnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- Chebeague Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Durham is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Durham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Porter Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Porter Landing.
Newspapers Published in Porter Landing ...
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 266 newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Porter Landing, 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 Porter Landing.
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 either 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 Porter Landing:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York 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 Porter Landing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Porter Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |