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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 Waites Landing (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 Waites Landing. 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.

Name Variations for Waites Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Waites Landing: Waites Lndg. (or less commonly used: Waites Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Waites Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Waites Landing may originally have been Waite's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Waites Landing might be written as Waite Landing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Waites Landing is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.

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

  • Cumberland County     (The home county of Waites Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waites Landing, with the one closest to Waites Landing listed first.
    • Falmouth Foreside
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth Foreside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
      • Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
    • Falmouth
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Long Island
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
      • Long Island is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Island <4>
    • Cumberland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
    • Little Diamond Island Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Peaks Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Portland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chandler Cove Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cumberland Foreside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland Foreside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Foreside
      • Cumberland Foreside is located in Cumberland County
    • Ferry Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
      • Ferry Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Chebeague Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chebeague Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chebeague Island
      • Chebeague Island is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chebeague Island <4>
    • Cliff Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Androscoggin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waites Landing, with the one closest to Waites Landing listed first.
    • Durham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Durham is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <4>
    • Danville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Danville is located in Androscoggin County
    • Lisbon Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,053 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <4>
    • Penley Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rumford Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Littlefield Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • East Poland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
      • East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
    • Poland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
      • Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <4>
    • West Poland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Poland
      • West Poland is located in Androscoggin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Poland <4>
    • Auburn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lewiston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waites Landing, with the one closest to Waites Landing listed first.
    • Mouse Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Southport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
      • Southport is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southport <4>
    • Trevett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trevett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevett
      • Trevett is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trevett <4>
    • West Boothbay Harbor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Boothbay Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
      • West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
    • Westport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford County
  • Sagadahoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waites Landing, with the one closest to Waites Landing listed first.
    • Sebasco Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebasco Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebasco Estates
      • Sebasco Estates is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebasco Estates <4>
    • Small Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Small Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Small Point
      • Small Point is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Small Point <4>
    • Topsham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topsham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham
      • Topsham is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,942 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topsham <4>
    • Pejepscot
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sabino
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Phippsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phippsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phippsburg
      • Phippsburg is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phippsburg <4>
    • Popham Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • West Bath
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bath
      • West Bath is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,932 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Bath <4>
    • Georgetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
    • Arrowsic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowsic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowsic
      • Arrowsic is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arrowsic <4>
    • Bath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Woolwich
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woolwich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolwich
      • Woolwich is located in Sagadahoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woolwich <4>
  • York County

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

Cemeteries Near Waites Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waites Landing.

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Foreside Community Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • McGregor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Marston Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maplewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eastern Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastern Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pond Cove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pond Cove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pond Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Merrill Graveyard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrill Graveyard
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrill Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Field Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (301 more) ...

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.<6>

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

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

  • Falmouth
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Falmouth Foreside
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth Foreside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
    • Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
  • East Deering
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Deering have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
    • East Deering is located in Cumberland County
  • Long Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
    • Long Island is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Island <4>
  • Woodfords
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfords have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
    • Woodfords is located in Cumberland County
  • Portland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peaks Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
  • Deering
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deering have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
    • Deering is located in Cumberland County
  • West Falmouth ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
    • West Falmouth is located in Cumberland County
  • Stroudwater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasantdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Knightville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
      • Knightville is located in Cumberland County
    • South Portland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chebeague Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chebeague Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chebeague Island
      • Chebeague Island is located in Cumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chebeague Island <4>

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

Newspapers Published in Waites Landing ...

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 298 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waites Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waites Landing, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waites Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Waites Landing:

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

The official website for Cumberland County: www.cumberlandcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Waites Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waites Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waites Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7093, Longitude: -70.2198    









 

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