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 South Woodville (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 South Woodville. 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 South Woodville ...
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 South Woodville: S. Woodville
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
South Woodville 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 South Woodville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Woodville:
- Penobscot County (The home county of South Woodville)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Woodville, with the one closest to South Woodville listed first.
- Woodville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Pea Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Winn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Mattawamkeag
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Medway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Millinocket
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Seboeis Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Woodville, with the one closest to South Woodville listed first.
- Molunkus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Macwahoc Plantation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Benedicta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reed Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Wytopitlock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Sherman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Sherman Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Woodville, with the one closest to South Woodville listed first.
- Lake View Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Medford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Medford Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Boyd Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Brownville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Brownville Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Woodville, see our County-by-County Page for South Woodville.
Cemeteries Near South Woodville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Woodville.
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 South Woodville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Woodville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Woodville, with the one closest to South Woodville listed first.
- Snow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Winn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Chester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fiske Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Winn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Half Twp. Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Academy Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (37 more) ...
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Village Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 South Woodville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Woodville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Woodville, with the one closest to South Woodville listed first.
- Woodville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- North Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Winn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Lincoln Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Mattawamkeag
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Medway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Winn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Winn
- South Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Macwahoc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc
- Enfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Woodville. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Woodville.
Newspapers Published in South Woodville ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Woodville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Woodville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Woodville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 South Woodville:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Piscataquis 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 South Woodville, 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' (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- South Woodville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |