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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 Steep Landing (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 Steep Landing. 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 Steep Landing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Steep Landing: Steep Lndg. (or less commonly used: Steep Lndng.)

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 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.

Steep Landing is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Steep Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Steep Landing:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Steep Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steep Landing, with the one closest to Steep Landing listed first.
    • Osborn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Osborn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Eastbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Aurora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waltham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waltham is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Amherst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Amherst is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
    • Great Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Mariaville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Mariaville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
    • Franklin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Otis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Otis is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
    • Goodwin Siding
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Goodwin Siding is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Siding
      • Goodwin Siding has also been known as:
      • Goodwins
    • Hancock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sullivan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Franklin Road
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steep Landing, with the one closest to Steep Landing listed first.
    • Clifton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • East Eddington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Greenfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Bradley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eddington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Holden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • Orono
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Orono is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <1>
    • Webster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Webster is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Stillwater
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Veazie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Veazie is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veazie <1>
    • Brewer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steep Landing, with the one closest to Steep Landing listed first.
    • Beddington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deblois
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Cherryfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Epping
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Epping is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
    • Columbia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Harrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Steuben
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Steuben
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Milbridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Addison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Wesley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Steep Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Steep Landing.

Cemeteries Near Steep Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steep Landing.

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 Steep Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Steep Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Steep Landing, with the one closest to Steep Landing listed first.

  • Beddington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Crimmins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Aurora Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Penny Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Frost Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbott Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Great Pond Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (107 more) ...
    • Pyles Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bayview Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Beech Hill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

While we didn't find Steep Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Steep Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Steep Landing, with the one closest to Steep Landing listed first.

  • Beddington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Deblois
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Deblois is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Aurora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waltham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waltham is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
  • Amherst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Amherst is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
  • Great Pond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • West Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Franklin is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Egypt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Egypt is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Clifton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
  • Cherryfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Franklin Road
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Hancock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • West Sullivan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Steep Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steep Landing.

Newspapers Published in Steep Landing ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steep Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steep Landing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steep Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Steep Landing:

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>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 Steep Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Steep Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.