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 Upper Drew (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 Upper Drew. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Upper Drew 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 Upper Drew. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Drew:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Upper Drew)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Drew, with the one closest to Upper Drew listed first.
- Drew Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Plantation of Prentiss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kingman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Mattawamkeag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Winn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- South Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Lee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Medway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Millinocket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Drew, with the one closest to Upper Drew listed first.
- Wytopitlock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Bancroft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Reed Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Macwahoc Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Weston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Glenwood Plantation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
- Haynesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Orient
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benedicta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Sherman Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Drew, with the one closest to Upper Drew listed first.
- Danforth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Brookton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Topsfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Codyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Talmadge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Lambert Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
- Waite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Drew, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Drew.
Cemeteries Near Upper Drew ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Drew.
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 Upper Drew - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Drew covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Drew, with the one closest to Upper Drew listed first.
- Drew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wytopitlock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clifford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belding Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Danforth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Village Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pierce Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eastman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (42 more) ...
- Twombly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brackett Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503908 <2>
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 Upper Drew in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Drew.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Drew, with the one closest to Upper Drew listed first.
- Wytopitlock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Bancroft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- South Bancroft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
- Kingman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Macwahoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Macwahoc is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc
- Glenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Danforth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eaton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Haynesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Mattawamkeag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brookton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Drew. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Drew.
Newspapers Published in Upper Drew ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Drew.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Drew, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Drew.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Upper Drew:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Washington 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 Upper Drew, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper Drew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |