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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 Salsbury Cove (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 Salsbury Cove. 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 Salsbury Cove ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Salsbury Cove: Salsbury Cv.

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 northeast 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 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.

Salsbury Cove 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 Salsbury Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salsbury Cove:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Salsbury Cove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Salsbury Cove, with the one closest to Salsbury Cove listed first.
    • Hulls Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • East Lamoine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
    • Lamoine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bar Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • South Hancock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
    • Indian Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
    • West Trenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • Hancock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sorrento
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklin Road
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Mount Desert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Knox County
    • Isle Au Haut
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Salsbury Cove, with the one closest to Salsbury Cove listed first.
    • Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • East Eddington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Goodale Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Holden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Salsbury Cove, with the one closest to Salsbury Cove listed first.
    • Sandy Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Stockton Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Salsbury Cove, with the one closest to Salsbury Cove listed first.
    • Steuben
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Milbridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherryfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deblois
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Harrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Addison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Beddington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Epping
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Epping is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping

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

Cemeteries Near Salsbury Cove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salsbury Cove.

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 Salsbury Cove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salisbury Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Paine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lamoine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Meeting House Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Leland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Higgins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Goose Cove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (154 more) ...
    • Alley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Murch Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gray Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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 Salsbury Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Salsbury Cove.

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

  • Lamoine Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lamoine Beach is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine Beach
  • Hulls Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Eden
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • East Lamoine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
  • Hancock Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hancock Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Point
  • Marlboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
  • Lamoine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bar Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trenton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Indian Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
  • South Hancock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
  • West Trenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sorrento
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hancock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Franklin Road
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road

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

Newspapers Published in Salsbury Cove ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salsbury Cove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salsbury Cove, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salsbury Cove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Salsbury Cove:

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 Salsbury Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Salsbury Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.