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Nearest Communities to Wilsons Mills,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wilsons Mills, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wilsons Mills:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wilsons Mills.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oxford County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, York, Carroll (NH) & Coos (NH).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wilsons Mills. Of these communities, 59 are located in counties other than Oxford County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Wilsons Mills (which is Oxford County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Wilsons Mills

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Oxford County   (where Wilsons Mills resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.oxfordcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Oxford:   South Paris
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilsons Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsons Mills.
      • Lincoln Plantation
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
      • Magalloway Plantation
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Upper Dam
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Island
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Island
      • Bald Mountain
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Bald Mountain is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Mountain
      • Middle Dam
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • South Arm
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • South Arm is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Arm
      • Upton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Houghton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Houghton is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
      • Byron
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Coos Canyon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Coos Canyon is located in Oxford County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coos Canyon
      • Andover
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountymaine.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Farmington
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Quebec lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wilsons Mills   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wilsons Mills.
      • Mooselookmeguntic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Mooselookmeguntic is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooselookmeguntic
      • Oquossoc
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Kamankeag ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Kamankeag is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamankeag
      • Macy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Macy is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
      • Mountainview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • South Rangeley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • South Rangeley is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rangeley
      • Bemis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Mingo Springs
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Mingo Springs is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Springs
      • Davis Town
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
      • Grants Camps
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Grants Camps is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Camps
      • Kennebago
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Kennebago is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago
      • Ten Degree
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Ten Degree is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Degree
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Loon Lake
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
        • Rangeley
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Dallas Plantation
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
        • Dead River ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Dead River is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
        • Dallas
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Dallas is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
        • Langtown Mill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Langtown Mill is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langtown Mill
        • Sandy River Plantation
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
        • The Landing
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • The Landing is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
        • Kennebago Settlement
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Kennebago Settlement is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebago Settlement
        • Madrid
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Coplin Plantation
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
        • Redington
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Redington is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redington
        • Round Mountain
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
        • Perham Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Perham Junction is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham Junction
        • Reeds
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Reeds is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
  • Coos County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilsons Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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