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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 Stonington (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 Stonington. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Stonington 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 Stonington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stonington:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Stonington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonington, with the one closest to Stonington listed first.
    • Oceanville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oceanville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
    • Sunset
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Isle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mountainville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountainville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
    • Brooklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Haven is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
    • Little Deer Isle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Swans Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sargentville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
    • Sedgwick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Minturn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Minturn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
    • North Brooklin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Brooklin is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooklin
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonington, with the one closest to Stonington listed first.
    • Isle Au Haut
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • North Haven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • Vinalhaven
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Owls Head
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rockport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Matinicus Isle Plantation
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Matinicus Isle Plantation is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matinicus Isle Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Glen Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Glen Cove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Rockland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Matinicus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stonington, with the one closest to Stonington listed first.
    • Islesboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • North Islesboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • Lincolnville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Northport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Northport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • East Northport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Lincolnville Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Searsport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockton Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Belfast
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryants Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bryants Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Corner
    • Belmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Belmont is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people

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

Cemeteries Near Stonington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stonington.

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 Stonington - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Forest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Adams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Turners Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Reach Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Quinn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pooles Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Witherspoon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (184 more) ...

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 Stonington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stonington.

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

  • South Deer Isle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • South Deer Isle is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deer Isle
  • Sunset
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oceanville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oceanville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
  • Deer Isle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • North Deer Isle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • North Deer Isle is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Deer Isle
  • Brooklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • North Haven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sargentville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
  • Swans Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sedgwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pulpit Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
  • Vinalhaven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • North Brooklin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Brooklin is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooklin
    • Atlantic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Atlantic is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
    • South Brooksville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • South Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stonington ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stonington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stonington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stonington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stonington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Stonington.

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 Stonington:

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 Stonington, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stonington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.