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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 Walker Settlement (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 Walker Settlement. 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 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.

Walker Settlement is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.

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

  • Aroostook County     (The home county of Walker Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker Settlement, with the one closest to Walker Settlement listed first.
    • Dyer Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Island Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crystal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Crystal is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Merrill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Merrill is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Smyrna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Ludlow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ludlow is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
    • Hersey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Linneus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Linneus is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
    • New Limerick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Moro Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker Settlement, with the one closest to Walker Settlement listed first.
    • Patten
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sherman Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
    • Mount Chase
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Shin Pond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
    • Stacyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
    • Drew Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
  • Washington County
    • Danforth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Walker Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walker Settlement.

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 Walker Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walker Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dyer Brook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Agnes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oakfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Barrows Chambers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tarbell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Smyrna Mills Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Golden Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Timoney Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Amish Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bates Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yerxa Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Island Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dyer Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Oakfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Crystal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Smyrna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Moro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Moro is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
  • Patten
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hersey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hersey is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Linneus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Linneus is located in Aroostook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
  • New Limerick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Sherman Mills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sherman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sherman is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Hodgdon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
    • Monarda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Monarda is located in Aroostook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarda

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

Newspapers Published in Walker Settlement ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walker Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walker Settlement, 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 Walker Settlement.

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 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 Walker Settlement:

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 Walker Settlement, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walker Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.