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 Richtown (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 Richtown. 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 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.
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.
Richtown is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Richtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richtown:
- Hancock County (The home county of Richtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Bass Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bernard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tremont
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tremont is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Seal Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manset is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manset
- Southwest Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northeast Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atlantic is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Cranberry Isles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Isles is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Isles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Mount Desert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Islesford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Islesford is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesford
- Seal Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Minturn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Minturn is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Isle Au Haut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pulpit Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
- Vinalhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Islesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Islesboro is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- North Islesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
- Sandy Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Northport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Searsport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Steuben
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Steuben is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richtown, see our County-by-County Page for Richtown.
Cemeteries Near Richtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richtown.
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 Richtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Hillrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Norwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tinker - Pomroy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Tinker - Pomroy Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker - Pomroy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tinker - Pomroy Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Tremont.
- The Tinker - Pomroy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pomroy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90411 <3>
- Flye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Height Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Langley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hodgdon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Kimball Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pretty Marsh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Richtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richtown, with the one closest to Richtown listed first.
- Tremont
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tremont is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- West Tremont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seal Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Southwest Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seawall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seawall is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawall
- Atlantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Atlantic is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Northeast Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry Isles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Isles is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Isles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Asticou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Asticou is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asticou
- Mount Desert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pretty Marsh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pretty Marsh is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Marsh
- Swans Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Seal Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Point is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richtown.
Newspapers Published in Richtown ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richtown, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Richtown:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Knox County
- Waldo County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Richtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Richtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |