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Welcome to Mineral ...

Although we found mention of Mineral during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Mineral was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Mineral to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mineral, please Contact Us.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1897.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Mineral might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Note: If you travel west from Mineral (for example, toward Westfield (ME)), you will soon leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Mineral: 506 & 428<2>

Communities Also Named Mineral ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Mineral - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mineral.

Communities near Mineral ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mineral.

  • Fort Fairfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Perth - Andover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mars Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mars Hill is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,461 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars Hill <3>
  • Pert Parish
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Easton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Easton is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
  • Florenceville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bristol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • Blaine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Blaine is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blaine <3>
  • Bridgewater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Centreville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mineral. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mineral.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mineral. See our Newspapers Page for Mineral.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mineral ...

Looking for more information about Mineral? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mineral, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mineral.

Adding Mineral to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Mineral was on a map titled Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (from Rand McNally, 1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Mineral and then turned east". While Mineral could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Mineral as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mineral could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Mineral area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Mineral area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.