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 Sangerville (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 Sangerville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sangerville is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Sangerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sangerville:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Sangerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
- Guilford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Howard Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- East Sangerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Parkman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dover - Foxcroft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Monson Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Steadman Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Dover South Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- South Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Willimantic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bowerbank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Monson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
- Silvers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Corinna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
- East Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- North Bradford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- North Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stetson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Harmony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Mayfield Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- Saint Albans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Hartland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- West Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Cass Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cass Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass Corner
- Detroit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sangerville, see our County-by-County Page for Sangerville.
Cemeteries Near Sangerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sangerville.
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 Sangerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sangerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
- Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Guilford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parkman Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Abbot Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pingree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchs Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McAllister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Storer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sangerville had a population of 212 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sangerville had a population of 1,285 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sangerville, with the one closest to Sangerville listed first.
- Guilford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Sangerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Parkman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Guilford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guilford
- North Dexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Dexter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dexter
- Monson Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monson Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Junction
- Silvers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Dover South Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- East Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Willimantic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- South Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Monson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sangerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sangerville.
Newspapers Published in Sangerville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sangerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sangerville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sangerville.
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 Sangerville:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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 Sangerville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sangerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |