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 Selden (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 Selden. 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.
Selden is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Selden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Selden:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Selden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selden, with the one closest to Selden listed first.
- Weston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orient
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Bancroft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Glenwood Plantation
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Reed Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Wytopitlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Cary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cary is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Cary has also been known as:
- Cary Plantation
- Linneus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Linneus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
- Macwahoc Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hodgdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Molunkus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selden, with the one closest to Selden listed first.
- Drew Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Kingman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plantation of Prentiss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Sherman Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mattawamkeag
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Winn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Stacyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Patten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selden, with the one closest to Selden listed first.
- Danforth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forest City Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Brookton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Codyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Lambert Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
- Topsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Vanceboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Talmadge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Selden, see our County-by-County Page for Selden.
Cemeteries Near Selden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Selden.
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 Selden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Selden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Selden, with the one closest to Selden listed first.
- Selden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brackett Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503908 <2>
- Tuck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Cove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Karnes Gellerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blaisdell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Danforth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Spurr Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Amity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Selden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Selden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Selden, with the one closest to Selden listed first.
- Weston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orient
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Bancroft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
- Haynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Danforth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bancroft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Glenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Wytopitlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Eaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- North Amity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amity
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Brookton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Linneus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Linneus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Selden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Selden.
Newspapers Published in Selden ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Selden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Selden, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Selden.
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 helpful 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 Selden:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Selden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Selden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |