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 Glenburn (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 Glenburn. 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 Glenburn ...
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 Glenburn: W. Glenburn
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 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.
West Glenburn 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 Glenburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Glenburn:
- Penobscot County (The home county of West Glenburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- Levant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glenburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
- Kenduskeag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- East Bangor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Lucky Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Landing
- Hermon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Town Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town Landing is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Landing
- South Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Corinth is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Hampden Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- Dedham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksport Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Bucksport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Verona Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Verona Island is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Former name for Verona Island:
- Verona
- Orland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Orland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Otis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- North Ellsworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Mariaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- North Penobscot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Atkinson Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Dover South Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- South Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Medford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Milo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Dover - Foxcroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Sangerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Medford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Howard Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Sebec
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- Detroit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dogtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Pittsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ripley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Saint Albans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Hartland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cambridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- North Winterport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Monroe Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Prospect Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- North Searsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Prospect
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Glenburn, see our County-by-County Page for West Glenburn.
Cemeteries Near West Glenburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Glenburn.
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 Glenburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Glenburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Birch Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kenduskeag Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waughn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find West Glenburn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Glenburn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Glenburn, with the one closest to West Glenburn listed first.
- North Hermon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Hermon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hermon
- Six Mile Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- Levant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Snow Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- North Bangor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bangor
- East Bangor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Glenburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
- Kenduskeag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hermon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hermon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hermon Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Center
- West Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- South Levant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Levant is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Levant
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- West Levant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Levant is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Levant
- Hermon Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hermon Pond is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Pond
- Bangor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Glenburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Glenburn.
Newspapers Published in West Glenburn ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Glenburn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Glenburn, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Glenburn.
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 helpful 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 Glenburn:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Waldo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Glenburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Glenburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |