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 Georgetown (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 Georgetown. 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 Georgetown ...
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 Georgetown: W. Georgetown
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 doctors and hospitals 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 Georgetown is located in Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near West Georgetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Georgetown:
- Sagadahoc County (The home county of West Georgetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arrowsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Phippsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- MacMahan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Popham Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Sabino
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Sebasco Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Small Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Bath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woolwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Murphys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Lisbon Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Penley Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Sabattus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Wales
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nason Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Rumford Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Wales Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Cundys Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Harding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Harpswell Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Harpswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orrs Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pennellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Brunswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Island
- Bunganuc Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Merepoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- South Harpswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harpswell
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Gardiner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- East Pittston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Batchelders Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Pittston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- South Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Gardiner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Purgatory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Chelsea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Friendship
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Point is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Port Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Cushing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Cushing is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cushing
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Tenants Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cushing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cove
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Mouse Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boothbay Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trevett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Boothbay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Linekin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Linekin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
- Bayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Westport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- East Boothbay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bristol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Edgecomb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Edgecomb is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgecomb
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Georgetown, see our County-by-County Page for West Georgetown.
Cemeteries Near West Georgetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Georgetown.
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 Georgetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Georgetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Drummond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barlett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilman & Bliston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jewett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Cranberryhorn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberryhorn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cranberryhorn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Harpswell.
- The Cranberryhorn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Old Great Island Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89782 <2>
- Tarbox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Georgetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Georgetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Georgetown, with the one closest to West Georgetown listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arrowsic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Phippsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Popham Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Bay Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bay Point is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
- Five Islands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Islands is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Islands
- Ashdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ashdale is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdale
- West Southport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Small Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winnegance
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnegance is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnegance
- Mouse Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- Southport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Harpswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Cundys Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woolwich
(7 miles [11.3 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 Georgetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Georgetown.
Newspapers Published in West Georgetown ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Georgetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Georgetown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Georgetown.
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 West Georgetown:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Sagadahoc County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln 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 Georgetown, 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 from Point A (ie- West Georgetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |