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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 Town Hill (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 Town Hill. 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 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.

Town Hill is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

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

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Town Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
    • Indian Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
      • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
    • Salsbury Cove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salsbury Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury Cove
      • Salsbury Cove is located in Hancock County
    • Trenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <3>
    • Hulls Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • East Lamoine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Lamoine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
      • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • West Trenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Mount Desert
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Desert
      • Mount Desert is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Desert <3>
    • Bar Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lamoine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Northeast Harbor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Seal Cove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Otter Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • Isle Au Haut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle Au Haut have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Au Haut
      • Isle Au Haut is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle Au Haut <3>
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
    • East Eddington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
    • Goodale Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goodale Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
    • Holden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <3>
    • Clifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
    • Sandy Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Sandy Point is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Point <3>
    • Prospect Ferry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
    • Stockton Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockton Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton Springs
      • Stockton Springs is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton Springs <3>
    • Islesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • North Islesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
    • Prospect
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Searsport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Frankfort is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankfort <3>
    • Winterport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterport
      • Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,028 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winterport <3>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Town Hill, with the one closest to Town Hill listed first.
    • Steuben
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steuben have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
      • Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,148 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steuben <3>
    • East Steuben
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Steuben. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
    • Cherryfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
      • Cherryfield is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryfield <3>
    • Milbridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Deblois
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Harrington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Town Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Town Hill.

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 Town Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Higgins Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Higgins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Higgins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Paine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salisbury Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salisbury Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salisbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haynes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haynes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Alley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Murch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gray Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gray Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • East Lamoine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lamoine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lamoine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (157 more) ...
    • Goose Cove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goose Cove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goose Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pretty Marsh Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pretty Marsh Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pretty Marsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Forest Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • 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.<2> 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.<4>

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

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

  • Indian Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
    • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
  • Eden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
  • Trenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <3>
  • Mount Desert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Desert
    • Mount Desert is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Desert <3>
  • Hulls Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lamoine Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamoine Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine Beach
    • Lamoine Beach is located in Hancock County
  • East Lamoine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Lamoine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
  • West Trenton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
  • Pretty Marsh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Marsh
    • Pretty Marsh is located in Hancock County
  • Bar Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marlboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
    • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
  • Lamoine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • South Surry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Surry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Surry
      • South Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Northeast Harbor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Asticou
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asticou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asticou
      • Asticou is located in Hancock County

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

Newspapers Published in Town Hill ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Town Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Town Hill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Town Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Town Hill:

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

The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.me.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Town Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Town Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Town Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3987, Longitude: -68.3336       In this case, the coordinates for Town Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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