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 West Enfield (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 West Enfield. 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 West Enfield ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Enfield: W. Engield
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 and doctors 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.
West Enfield 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 West Enfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Enfield:
- Penobscot County (The home county of West Enfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Enfield, with the one closest to West Enfield listed first.
- Howland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Enfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Passadumkeag
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Maxfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- South Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Olamon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- East Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seboeis Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Lagrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aroostook County
- Molunkus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Hancock County
- Great Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Great Pond is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Enfield, with the one closest to West Enfield listed first.
- Medford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Boyd Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake View Plantation
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Milo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Brownville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Atkinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Brownville Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Atkinson Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Sebec
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- South Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Bowerbank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Enfield, see our County-by-County Page for West Enfield.
Cemeteries Near West Enfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Enfield.
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 West Enfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Enfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Enfield, with the one closest to West Enfield listed first.
- West Enfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West End Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoyt Brook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Medford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dennis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Welles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lowell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Hemlock Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mt. Repose Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find West Enfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Enfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Enfield, with the one closest to West Enfield listed first.
- Howland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Passadumkeag
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Enfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Maxfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- South Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Olamon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olamon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olamon
- Seboeis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Medford Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- East Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Lagrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- South Lagrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Enfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Enfield.
Newspapers Published in West Enfield ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Enfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Enfield, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Enfield.
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 West Enfield:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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 West Enfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Enfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |