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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 Rumford Junction (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 Rumford Junction. 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 Rumford Junction ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rumford Junction: Rumford Jct. (or less commonly used: Rumford Jctn.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Androscoggin County: Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford & Sagadahoc.

Below are the counties that are near Rumford Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rumford Junction:

  • Androscoggin County     (The home county of Rumford Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.
    • Littlefield Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Penley Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Danville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Danville is located in Androscoggin County
    • Auburn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lewiston
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Minot
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Poland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
      • East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Moussam
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,053 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <2>
    • West Auburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Poland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <2>
    • Drinkwater Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.
    • New Gloucester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Gloucester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gloucester
      • New Gloucester is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,880 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Gloucester <2>
    • Shaker Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
      • Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
    • North Pownal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dry Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Gray
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pownal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Gray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <2>
    • Cobb Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Casco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
      • Casco is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casco <2>
    • North Yarmouth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Gray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin County
    • Chisholm
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chisholm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
      • Chisholm is located in Franklin County
  • Kennebec County
  • Lincoln County
  • Oxford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.
    • Hebron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oxford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Oxford is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <2>
    • East Otisfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Spurrs Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Buckfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • South Paris
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Paris
      • South Paris is located in Oxford County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Paris <2>
    • Norway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
      • Norway is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,990 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norway <2>
    • Paris
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
      • Paris is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
    • East Sumner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hartford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • North Norway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • South Waterford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Sagadahoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.
    • Pejepscot
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowdoin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowdoin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
      • Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
    • Topsham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topsham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
      • Topsham is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,942 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topsham <2>
    • Bowdoinham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Richmond Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Harwards
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Richmond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Days Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bath
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabino
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • West Bath
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bath
      • West Bath is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,932 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bath <2>
    • Woolwich
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woolwich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolwich
      • Woolwich is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woolwich <2>
  • York County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rumford Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Rumford Junction.

Cemeteries Near Rumford Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rumford Junction.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rumford Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.

  • Fitz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fitz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fitz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beth Abraham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Abraham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth Abraham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Street Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Penley Corner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penley Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penley Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McKenney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKenney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKenney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garcelon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wag Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wag Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wag Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (514 more) ...
    • Davis Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McKenney Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKenney Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKenney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Libby Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Libby Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Libby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Rumford Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rumford Junction.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rumford Junction, with the one closest to Rumford Junction listed first.

  • Lewiston Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewiston Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Junction
    • Lewiston Junction is located in Androscoggin County
  • Danville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Danville is located in Androscoggin County
  • Lewiston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Upper Gloucester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Gloucester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Gloucester
    • Upper Gloucester is located in Cumberland County
  • Minot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • East Poland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
    • East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
  • Poland Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Spring
    • Poland Spring is located in Androscoggin County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland Spring <2>
  • South Lewiston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lewiston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lewiston
    • South Lewiston is located in Androscoggin County
  • South Poland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Poland
    • South Poland is located in Androscoggin County
  • New Gloucester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Gloucester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gloucester
    • New Gloucester is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,880 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Gloucester <2>
  • East Auburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Auburn
    • East Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • West Auburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,053 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <2>
    • Poland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rumford Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rumford Junction.

Newspapers Published in Rumford Junction ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rumford Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rumford Junction, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rumford Junction.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Rumford Junction:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rumford Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Rumford Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Rumford Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rumford Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0542, Longitude: -70.2502    









 

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