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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 Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown Corner: Brown Cor. (or less commonly used: Brown Crn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brown Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brown 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Brown 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 Brown Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brown Corner:

  • Waldo County     (The home county of Brown Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • Prospect
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • North Searsport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
    • Stockton Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Swanville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Sandy Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Frankfort
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Searsport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Winterport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Monroe Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
    • Monroe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Monroe is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
    • Belfast
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • Bucksport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Verona Island
      (6 miles [9.7 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
    • West Penobscot
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
    • Orland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • East Orland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Castine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Penobscot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Penobscot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
    • West Brooksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Harborside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cape Rosier
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
  • Kennebec County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • Albion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Branch Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
    • China
      (29 miles [46.7 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 <1>
    • Clinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • West Appleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
    • Hope
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Appleton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rockport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Burkettville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Burkettville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • South Hope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Hope is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
    • Lucas Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
    • West Rockport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • Newburgh Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
    • East Dixmont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
    • South Newburgh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
    • Newburgh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
    • Orrington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Goodale Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Hampden Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
    • Hampden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • North Newburgh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
    • North Orrington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
    • Dixmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
    • Brewer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brown Corner, with the one closest to Brown Corner listed first.
    • Detroit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Houston Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
    • Dogtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dogtown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Pittsfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmyra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Brown Corner ...

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

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Nickerson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bowditch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Prospect Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Smart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Searsport Village Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsport Village Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Searsport Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Searsport.
    • The Searsport Village Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Village Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90656 <2>
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wiswell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Solitude Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Webster Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (319 more) ...
    • Gordon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Whitman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Village Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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 Brown Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brown Corner.

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

  • Prospect
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • North Searsport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
  • Swanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Stockton Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Searsport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • West Winterport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • West Winterport is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Winterport
  • Prospect Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
  • Frankfort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bucksport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bucksport Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
  • Winterport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Monroe is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Monroe Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
    • City Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • City Point is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
    • West Penobscot
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot

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

Newspapers Published in Brown 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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brown Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brown Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brown 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 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 Brown Corner:

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 Brown 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.