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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 Wilsons Mills (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 Wilsons Mills. 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 Wilsons Mills ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Wilsons Mills: Wilsons Mls. (or less commonly used: Wilsons Mlls.)
  • While the name of this community is Wilsons Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wilsons Mills may originally have been Wilson's Mills.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wilsons Mills might be written as Wilson Mills.

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 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 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.

Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County.

To see how the shape of Maine's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

Below are the counties that are near Wilsons Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilsons Mills:

  • Oxford County     (The home county of Wilsons Mills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Mills, with the one closest to Wilsons Mills listed first.
    • Lincoln Plantation
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
      • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Magalloway Plantation
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magalloway Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
      • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Upper Dam
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
      • Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
    • Middle Dam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
      • Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
    • Upton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Upton is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <3>
    • Byron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Andover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
    • East Andover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
      • East Andover is located in Oxford County
    • Roxbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Mills, with the one closest to Wilsons Mills listed first.
    • Oquossoc
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oquossoc have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oquossoc
      • Oquossoc is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oquossoc <3>
    • Mountainview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
      • Mountainview is located in Franklin County
    • Bemis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
      • Bemis is located in Franklin County
    • Davis Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
      • Davis Town is located in Franklin County
    • Rangeley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Dallas Plantation
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
      • Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Sandy River Plantation
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy River Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
      • Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Madrid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Coplin Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coplin Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
      • Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
  • Coos County (NH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Mills, with the one closest to Wilsons Mills listed first.
    • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Second College Grant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Second College Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
      • Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Dixs Grant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixs Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
      • Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
    • Errol
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol
      • Errol is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Errol <3>
    • Clarksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
    • Happy Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
      • Happy Corner is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Idlewilde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
      • Idlewilde is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Ervings Location
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ervings Location have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
      • Ervings Location is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Pittsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Colebrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
      • Colebrook is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <3>
    • Columbia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Columbia is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Stewartstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
      • Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
    • Dummer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dummer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummer
      • Dummer is located in Coos County (NH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dummer <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilsons Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Wilsons Mills.

Newspapers Published in Wilsons Mills ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilsons Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilsons Mills, 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 Wilsons Mills.

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 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 Wilsons Mills:

Cemeteries Near Wilsons Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilsons Mills.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilsons Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilsons Mills, with the one closest to Wilsons Mills listed first.

  • Rangeley Village Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rangeley Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rangeley Village Cemetery
  • Keach Road Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Stockbridge Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stockbridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockbridge Cemetery
  • Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Andover Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andover Cemetery
  • West Byron Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Byron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Byron Cemetery
  • Columbia Bridge Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
    • Madrid Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Madrid Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madrid Cemetery
    • St. Malo Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyman Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyman Cemetery
    • Farmers Hill Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmers Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmers Hill Cemetery

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Wilsons Mills had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilsons Mills, with the one closest to Wilsons Mills listed first.

  • Errol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol
    • Errol is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Errol <3>
  • Middle Dam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
    • Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
  • Clarksville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Bemis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
    • Bemis is located in Franklin County
  • Upton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Upton is located in Oxford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <3>
  • Rangeley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pittsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Dead River ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dead River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
    • Dead River is located in Franklin County
  • Colebrook
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
    • Colebrook is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,134 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colebrook <3>
  • Columbia
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Columbia is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Stewartstown
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewartstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
    • Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
  • Dummer
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dummer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummer
    • Dummer is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dummer <3>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Byron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • West Stewartstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Andover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Oxford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilsons Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilsons Mills.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilsons Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oxford County: www.oxfordcounty.org/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Wilsons Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilsons Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9407, Longitude: -71.0337       In this case, the coordinates for Wilsons Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Wilsons Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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