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 Babb Corner (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 Babb Corner. 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 Babb Corner ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Babb Corner: Babb Cor. (or less commonly used: Babb Crn.)
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Babb Corner is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Babb Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Babb Corner:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Babb Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- North Scarborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Gorham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- West Scarborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Westbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Stroudwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- South Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Sagamore Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sagamore Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Village
- Scarborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- West Poland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Durham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Poland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- Durgintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Rankins Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Porter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Spurrs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- East Brownfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- Sagadahoc County
- Sebasco Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- Buxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Bar Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kimbles Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Hollis Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Old Orchard Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- Biddeford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- Woodman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- East Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Effingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Strafford County (NH)
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Babb Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Babb Corner.
Cemeteries Near Babb Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Babb Corner.
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 Babb Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Babb Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- South Gorham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nonesuch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eastern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Buston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <2>
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Scarboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Hyacinthe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Conant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Brooklawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooklawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Brooklawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #852912 <2>
- Temple Beth El Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Beth El Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Beth El Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.
- The Temple Beth El Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Beth El Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342716 <2>
- Smith - Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Babb Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Babb Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Babb Corner, with the one closest to Babb Corner listed first.
- South Buxton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- South Buxton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buxton
- North Scarborough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Gorham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bar Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Gorham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Gorham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gorham
- Groveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Buxton Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buxton Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton Center
- West Scarborough
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Cumberland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Mills
- Westbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollis Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cash Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stroudwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stroudwater is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudwater
- South Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Babb Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Babb Corner.
Newspapers Published in Babb Corner ...
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 268 newspapers that have been published in the area around Babb Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Babb Corner, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Babb Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Babb Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Strafford 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 Babb Corner, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Babb Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |