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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 Beans 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 Beans 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 Beans 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.

Another variation: Beans Corners.

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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beans Corner might be written as Bean Corner.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beans Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beans Corner.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Beans Corner is located in Waldo 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 Waldo County: Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot & Somerset.

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

  • Waldo County     (The home county of Beans Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Montville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Montville is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Knox
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Knox is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
    • West Searsmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
    • Morrill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freedom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • South Montville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • South Montville is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
    • Liberty
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Palermo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Palermo is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
    • Knox Ledge Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Knox Ledge Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Ledge Corner
    • Belmont Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Corner
    • Searsmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slab City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Slab City is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Castine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Harborside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Penobscot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • West Penobscot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
    • Bucksport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cape Rosier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
    • Verona Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Verona Island is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
      • Former name for Verona Island:
      • Verona
    • Bucksport Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
    • West Brooksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Orland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Brooksville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • East Orland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Kennebec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Albion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Branch Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
    • China
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • China is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,339 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <2>
    • South China
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Benton Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Benton Falls is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Falls
    • Benton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Benton is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,720 people
    • East Vassalboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • East Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vassalboro
    • Clinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
    • North Vassalboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • North Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vassalboro
    • Benton Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Benton Station is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
    • Windsor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • West Appleton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • West Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
    • Appleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Burkettville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Burkettville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
    • Lucas Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
    • Washington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hope
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Razorville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Razorville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
    • Stickney Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
    • Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Globe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Globe is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
    • South Hope
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • South Hope is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Somerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Somerville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
    • Flanders Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
    • Coopers Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Davis Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Davis Corner is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corner
    • North Whitefield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
    • Waldoboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Whitefield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eugley Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Eugley Corner is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugley Corner
    • South Waldoboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • South Waldoboro is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waldoboro
    • Harrington Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrington Corner is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Corner
    • Nobleboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Dixmont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
    • East Dixmont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
    • South Newburgh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
    • Plymouth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Newburgh Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
    • Newburgh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
    • East Newport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • East Newport is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
    • Carmel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Carmel is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <2>
    • North Newburgh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
    • Etna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Etna is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,194 people
    • Newport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hampden Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beans Corner, with the one closest to Beans Corner listed first.
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Shawmut
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Shawmut is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
    • Nyes Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
    • Detroit
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Houston Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
    • Pittsfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Dogtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Dogtown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Hinckley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hinckley is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
    • Canaan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • West Palmyra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
    • Palmyra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hartland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Beans Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beans 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 Beans Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pierce Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Green Wood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Vose Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitten Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sunny Side Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Repose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (347 more) ...
    • Danforth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Boulter Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Beans Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beans Corner.

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

  • Montville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Montville is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
  • Center Montville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Center Montville is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Montville
  • Whites Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Whites Corner is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Corner
  • Halldale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Halldale is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halldale
  • Smithton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Smithton is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithton
  • West Searsmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
  • North Searsmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Searsmont is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsmont
  • East Knox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Knox is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Knox
  • Knox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knox is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
  • Knox Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Knox Center is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Center
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • South Montville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • South Montville is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Freedom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Morrill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • North Palermo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Palermo is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo

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

Newspapers Published in Beans 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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beans Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beans Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beans Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Beans Corner:

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Beans Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Beans Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.