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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 Tenants Harbor (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 Tenants Harbor. 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 Tenants Harbor ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Tenants Harbor: Tenants Hbr. (or less commonly used: Tenants Harb. or Tenants Hrbr.)
  • While the name of this community is Tenants Harbor, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tenants Harbor may originally have been Tenant's Harbor.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tenants Harbor might be written as Tenant Harbor.

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 hospitals and 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.

Tenants Harbor is located in Knox County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Knox County: Lincoln & Waldo.

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

  • Knox County     (The home county of Tenants Harbor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tenants Harbor, with the one closest to Tenants Harbor listed first.
    • Long Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Martinsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Saint George
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint George. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Saint George is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saint George
      • From Tenants Harbor to Saint George
    • Port Clyde
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Clyde
      • Port Clyde is located in Knox County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Clyde <4>
    • Pleasant Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Spruce Head
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Head
      • Spruce Head is located in Knox County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce Head <4>
    • Cushing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Cushing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendship
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Friendship is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendship <4>
    • Thomaston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • South Thomaston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Thomaston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Thomaston
      • South Thomaston is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Thomaston <4>
    • Rockland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tenants Harbor, with the one closest to Tenants Harbor listed first.
    • Stonington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
      • Stonington is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stonington <4>
    • Sunset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Sunset is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset <4>
  • Kennebec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tenants Harbor, with the one closest to Tenants Harbor listed first.
    • East Pittston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Windsor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Gardiner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Gardiner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
      • South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
    • Windsor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Kennebec County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <4>
  • Lincoln County
  • Sagadahoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tenants Harbor, with the one closest to Tenants Harbor listed first.
    • MacMahan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphys Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
    • Arrowsic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowsic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowsic
      • Arrowsic is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arrowsic <4>
    • Days Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Woolwich
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woolwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolwich
      • Woolwich is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woolwich <4>
    • Bath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Richmond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tenants Harbor, with the one closest to Tenants Harbor listed first.
    • Lincolnville Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lincolnville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,252 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincolnville <4>
    • Bickfords Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Searsmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searsmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsmont
      • Searsmont is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Searsmont <4>
    • Slab City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Waldo County
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Belmont is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
    • Greers Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • South Montville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Islesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Northport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
      • Northport is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,593 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northport <4>
    • Belmont Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>

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

Cemeteries Near Tenants Harbor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tenants Harbor.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Seaside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Parish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Parish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Parish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90298 <5>
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ocean View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harbor Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harbor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Counce Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • South Warren Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Warren Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Warren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • The Village Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomaston Village Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Hall Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Head of Bay Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Head of Bay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Head of Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tenants Harbor had a population of 600 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Martinsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Port Clyde
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Clyde
    • Port Clyde is located in Knox County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Clyde <4>
  • Saint George
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint George. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
    • Saint George is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Saint George
    • From Tenants Harbor to Saint George
  • Pleasant Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cushing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spruce Head
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Head
    • Spruce Head is located in Knox County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce Head <4>
  • South Cushing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • North Cushing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cushing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cushing
    • North Cushing is located in Knox County
  • East Friendship
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Friendship
    • East Friendship is located in Knox County
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendship <4>
  • South Thomaston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Thomaston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Thomaston
    • South Thomaston is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Thomaston <4>
  • Thomaston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • South Waldoboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • South Warren
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
      • South Warren is located in Knox County
    • Ash Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Point
      • Ash Point is located in Knox County

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

Newspapers Published in Tenants Harbor ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tenants Harbor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tenants Harbor, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tenants Harbor.

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 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 Tenants Harbor:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tenants Harbor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.midcoast.com/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Tenants Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Tenants Harbor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tenants Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9664, Longitude: -69.2095    









 

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