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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Upper Village. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Upper Village to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upper Village, please Contact Us.
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 Village (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 Village. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Upper Village is historic, it would have been located within present day Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Upper Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Village:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Upper Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Yarmouth
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yarmouth Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Lower Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Cumberland Foreside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Foreside
- North Yarmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- Cumberland Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falmouth Foreside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bustins Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Danville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Lisbon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Littlefield Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- East Poland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Moussam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Southport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Trevett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Mouse Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- West Boothbay Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Hatchs Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Boothbay Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Wiscasset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Boothbay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Spurrs Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- East Otisfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Topsham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Sabino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Sebasco Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Bath
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Phippsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Small Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bowdoin Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Bowdoinham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Buxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Chicopee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Bar Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Orchard Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- East Limington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Hollis Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- Saco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Limington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Village, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Village.
Cemeteries Near Upper Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Village.
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 Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Ledge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Side Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Webster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrill Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foreside Community Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Freeport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- Field Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Neck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Upper Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Village, with the one closest to Upper Village listed first.
- Yarmouth
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yarmouth Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- Cousins Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cousins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Island
- North Yarmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Cumberland Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Falmouth Foreside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- South Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Falmouth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Falmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Chebeague Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pownal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cumberland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Village.
Newspapers Published in Upper Village ...
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 289 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Village, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Upper Village:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |