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 Barnard 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 Barnard 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 Barnard 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Barnard Corner: Barnard Cor. (or less commonly used: Barnard 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 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.
Barnard Corner is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Barnard Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnard Corner:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Barnard Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnard Corner, with the one closest to Barnard Corner listed first.
- Sebec
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brownville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brownville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Bowerbank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Atkinson Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Lake View Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- South Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnard Corner, with the one closest to Barnard Corner listed first.
- Charleston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- North Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Silvers Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Lagrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Seboeis Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Garland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- South Lagrange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Russell Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Dexter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnard Corner, with the one closest to Barnard Corner listed first.
- Ripley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Albans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnard Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Barnard Corner.
Cemeteries Near Barnard Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnard 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 Barnard Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnard Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnard Corner, with the one closest to Barnard Corner listed first.
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farnham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (71 more) ...
- South Dover Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orneville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Barnard Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnard Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnard Corner, with the one closest to Barnard Corner listed first.
- Barnard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Sebec
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brownville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brownville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- South Sebec
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- East Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Atkinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- South Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Onawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Onawa is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onawa
- East Sangerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dover South Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Boyd Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Medford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnard Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnard Corner.
Newspapers Published in Barnard 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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnard Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnard Corner, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnard Corner.
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 Barnard Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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 Barnard 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barnard Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |