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 Stillwater Avenue (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 Stillwater Avenue. 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 Stillwater Avenue ...
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 Stillwater Avenue: Stillwater Ave.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Stillwater Avenue 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 Stillwater Avenue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stillwater Avenue:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Stillwater Avenue)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Veazie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eddington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bangor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Bangor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Orono
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Lucky Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
- Holden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Dedham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksport Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Otis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Amherst
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Bucksport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Orland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mariaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- North Ellsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- East Orland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Verona Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Verona Island is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Former name for Verona Island:
- Verona
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Waltham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waltham is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Atkinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Atkinson Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Medford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Dover South Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- South Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Milo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Detroit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Dogtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- North Winterport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Prospect
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Monroe Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Searsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Stockton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Swanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stillwater Avenue, see our County-by-County Page for Stillwater Avenue.
Cemeteries Near Stillwater Avenue ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stillwater Avenue.
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 Stillwater Avenue - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stillwater Avenue covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Beth Abraham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Brewer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90734 <2>
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Eddington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clewleyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- RNOP Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Stillwater Avenue in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stillwater Avenue.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stillwater Avenue, with the one closest to Stillwater Avenue listed first.
- Veazie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bangor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eddington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brewer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Bangor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Basin Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Basin Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Mills
- Orono
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Six Mile Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- North Bangor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bangor
- West Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- East Hampden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Hampden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampden
- South Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Brewer is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brewer
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Holden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Hermon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Hermon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hermon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stillwater Avenue. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stillwater Avenue.
Newspapers Published in Stillwater Avenue ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stillwater Avenue.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stillwater Avenue, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stillwater Avenue.
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 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 Stillwater Avenue:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Waldo 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 '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- Stillwater Avenue) 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 Stillwater Avenue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |