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 Silver Ridge (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 Silver Ridge. 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 Silver Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Silver Ridge: Silver Rdg. (or less commonly used: Silver Rdge. or Silver Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Ridge.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Silver Ridge 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 Silver Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Ridge:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Silver Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Benedicta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherman Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Glenwood Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Crystal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Macwahoc Plantation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Reed Plantation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Molunkus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Island Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Haynesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Wytopitlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Hersey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hersey is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Sherman Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
- Stacyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Patten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drew Plantation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Medway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Millinocket
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mattawamkeag
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Mount Chase
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Millinocket
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Shin Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Old City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- New City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New City is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Danforth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Silver Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Ridge.
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 Silver Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherman Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Golden Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rollins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twombly Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Village Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eastman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Village Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crystal Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Silver Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Ridge, with the one closest to Silver Ridge listed first.
- Monarda
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Monarda is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarda
- Benedicta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherman Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Stacyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Glenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Crystal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Macwahoc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Macwahoc is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc
- Patten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Island Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Medway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wytopitlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Haynesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- South Bancroft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Silver Ridge ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Ridge, 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 Silver Ridge.
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 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 Silver Ridge:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot 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 Silver Ridge, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |