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 Saponac (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 Saponac. 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 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.
Saponac is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Saponac. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saponac:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Saponac)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Enfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Olamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Passadumkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- Aroostook County
- Molunkus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Great Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amherst
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Osborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Osborn is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Medford Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Boyd Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Lake View Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Adams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Beddington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake Stream
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Talmadge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saponac, see our County-by-County Page for Saponac.
Cemeteries Near Saponac ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saponac.
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 Saponac - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saponac covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Page Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Number 1 Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West End Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Number 2 Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Academy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dennis Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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 Saponac in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saponac.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saponac, with the one closest to Saponac listed first.
- Burlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Enfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Olamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Passadumkeag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Cardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cardville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardville
- Great Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Lincoln Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
- South Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saponac. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saponac.
Newspapers Published in Saponac ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saponac.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saponac, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saponac.
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 Saponac:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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 Saponac, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saponac) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |