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Do you know of Burnham Junction ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Burnham Junction. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Burnham Junction.<1>

We found mention of Burnham Junction as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Kennebec County, Maine.

Communities Also Named Burnham Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Burnham Junction.

There is one other community in Maine which is also named Burnham Junction.

Beyond Maine.

  • Communities Located In Maine ...
    • Waldo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Burnham Junction [Waldo County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burnham Junction ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Burnham Junction:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Burnham Junction - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Kennebec County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kennebec County.

AnnabessacookLakeside
Arey'sLawrence Mills
 Leeds Station
Bassville 
BeadstreetsMessalonskee
Belgrade Mills 
 North Litchfield
Centre SidneyNorth Vienna
Clinton Center 
Cross HillOakland Center
  
DearbornPishon's Ferry
Dunns Corner 
 Randolph Center
East Mount VernonReadville
East Readfield 
EurekaSebasticook
 Sidney Corner
Farmingdale CenterSouth Litchfield
Fayette Ridge 
 Togus Springs
Gardinerville 
 West Benton
Hallowell Cross RoadsWest Farmingdale
Hoyt'sWest Waterville
 Whites
Lake SideWinslow Center
LakeshoreWood's

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Burnham Junction 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 county. 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.









 

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