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 Stacyville (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 Stacyville. 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 doctors 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.
Stacyville 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 Stacyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stacyville:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Stacyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stacyville, with the one closest to Stacyville listed first.
- Sherman Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
- Patten
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Chase
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Shin Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Millinocket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millinocket
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Drew Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Mattawamkeag
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stacyville, with the one closest to Stacyville listed first.
- Sherman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherman Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Benedicta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Hersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Island Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Macwahoc Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Molunkus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moro Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Dyer Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stacyville, with the one closest to Stacyville listed first.
- Old City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- New City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New City is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stacyville, see our County-by-County Page for Stacyville.
Cemeteries Near Stacyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stacyville.
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 Stacyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stacyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stacyville, with the one closest to Stacyville listed first.
- Sherman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Village Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- St. Martin of Tours Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fiske Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Village Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (41 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stacyville had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Stacyville had a population of 379 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stacyville, with the one closest to Stacyville listed first.
- Sherman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherman Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Benedicta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monarda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monarda is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarda
- Crystal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Patten
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Island Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Macwahoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Macwahoc is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc
- Glenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Moro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moro is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dyer Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Oakfield
(23 miles [37 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 Stacyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stacyville.
Newspapers Published in Stacyville ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stacyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stacyville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stacyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stacyville:
- 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 Stacyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stacyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |