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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 Vanceboro (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 Vanceboro. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Vanceboro is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Vanceboro)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vanceboro, with the one closest to Vanceboro listed first.
    • Lambert Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambert Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
      • Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
    • Codyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Codyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
      • Codyville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
      • Codyville has also been known as:
      • Codyville Plantation
    • Forest City Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
      • Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
    • Forest City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Washington County
    • Brookton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Topsfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
      • Topsfield is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Waite
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
      • Waite is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Talmadge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmadge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Talmadge is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Danforth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danforth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
      • Danforth is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danforth <2>
    • Princeton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <2>
    • Baileyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
      • Baileyville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <2>
    • Grand Lake Stream Plantation
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Stream Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
      • Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Woodland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Woodland is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
  • Aroostook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vanceboro, with the one closest to Vanceboro listed first.
    • Weston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <2>
    • Orient
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Orient is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orient <2>
    • Bancroft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people

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

Newspapers Published in Vanceboro ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vanceboro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vanceboro, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vanceboro.

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 helpful 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 Vanceboro:

Cemeteries Near Vanceboro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vanceboro.

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

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

  • Vanceboro Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rockland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ballie Baptist Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Honeydale Community Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookton Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookton Cemetery
  • Eaton Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton Cemetery
  • Scotch Ridge Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moores Mills Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moores Mills (NB).
    • The Moores Mills Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Moores Mill Cemetery
    • Moores Mills Cemetery
    • Moores Mills Old Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208955 <4>
  • Moores Mills Annex Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. David Heritage Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harvey Settlement Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rollingdam United Baptist Cemeteries
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Canterbury Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • St. Thomas Catholic Church Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Danforth Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danforth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danforth Cemetery

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Vanceboro had a population of 225 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Vanceboro had a population of 134 people.

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

  • Lambert Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambert Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Lake
    • Lambert Lake is located in Washington County
  • Forest
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Washington County
  • Forest City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Forest City is located in Washington County
  • Brookton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Topsfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
    • Topsfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Eaton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eaton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Eaton is located in Washington County
  • Waite
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
    • Waite is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
  • Danforth
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danforth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
    • Danforth is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danforth <2>
  • Princeton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
    • Princeton is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <2>
  • Weston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Weston is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <2>
  • Baileyville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baileyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
    • Baileyville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baileyville <2>
  • Orient
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
    • Orient is located in Aroostook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orient <2>
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Milltown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
      • Milltown is located in Washington County
    • South Bancroft
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
      • South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
    • Bancroft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Vanceboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vanceboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5633, Longitude: -67.4296    
<4>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.
<5>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 Vanceboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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