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 Togus (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 Togus. 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 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.
Togus is located in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County: Androscoggin, Franklin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Togus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Togus:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Togus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Chelsea
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farmingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gardiner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hallowell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- North Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- South Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Wales
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Wales Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Curtis Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Leeds Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Leeds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
- North Leeds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Drinkwater Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Nason Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Sabattus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Greene Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Harding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Brunswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Chisholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- New Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Farmington Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Globe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Razorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Stickney Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Warren Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Hope is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- North Whitefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Coopers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Head Tide
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Alna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Flanders Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Hatchs Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Harwards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Days Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Murphys Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Bath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woolwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shawmut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Smithfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Norridgewock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Palermo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Montville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- Montville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- West Searsmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- Searsmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bickfords Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bickfords Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickfords Corner
- Belmont Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Corner
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Togus, see our County-by-County Page for Togus.
Cemeteries Near Togus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Togus.
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 Togus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Togus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Togus National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maine Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea Heights Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hallowell Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallowell Village Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hallowell Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hallowell.
- The Hallowell Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hallowell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90007 <2>
- Northern Ave. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Ave. Cemetery
- The Northern Ave. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapman Cemetery
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Plaisted Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaisted Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Plaisted Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Gardiner.
- The Plaisted Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Ave. Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90690 <2>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Togus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Togus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Togus, with the one closest to Togus listed first.
- Chelsea
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farmingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Pittston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pittston
- Gardiner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hallowell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- East Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- North Whitefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- South Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Coopers Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Togus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Togus.
Newspapers Published in Togus ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Togus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Togus, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Togus.
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 Togus:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Sagadahoc 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> | 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 Togus, 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 from Point A (ie- Togus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |