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 Farmington (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 Farmington. 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 Farmington ...
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 Farmington: W. Farmington
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Farmington. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Farmington.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Farmington is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near West Farmington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Farmington:
- Franklin County (The home county of West Farmington)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Farmington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairbanks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Temple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Temple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- East Wilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Farmington Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Chesterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Wilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Strong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Strong is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strong
- Industry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Industry is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 927 people
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Livermore Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- North Livermore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- East Livermore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Livermore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- North Leeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Turner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Howes Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Leeds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
- Curtis Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Turner Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Vienna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Belgrade Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Fayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kents Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- North Belgrade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Belgrade is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belgrade
- Belgrade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Readfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Canton Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Dixfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbertville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- West Peru
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Dickvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- South Rumford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Rumford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rumford
- Mexico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rumford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Mercer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Starks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- New Portland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Anson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East New Portland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East New Portland is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
- Norridgewock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Barron Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- North Anson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Skowhegan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Embden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Embden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Farmington, see our County-by-County Page for West Farmington.
Cemeteries Near West Farmington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Farmington.
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 Farmington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Farmington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Butterfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Red Schoolhouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Savage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (240 more) ...
- Blake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 West Farmington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Farmington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Farmington, with the one closest to West Farmington listed first.
- Farmington
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairbanks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- East Wilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Farmington Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beans Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Corner
- North Chesterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Allens Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Wilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Strong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Strong is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strong
- New Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Jay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Dixfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- New Vineyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Vineyard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vineyard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Strong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Farmington. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Farmington.
Newspapers Published in West Farmington ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Farmington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Farmington, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Farmington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Farmington:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Oxford County
- Somerset 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> | 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 West Farmington, 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- West Farmington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |