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 Coopers Mills (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 Coopers Mills. 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 Coopers Mills ...
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: Cooper Mill.
- A typical abbreviation for Coopers Mills: Coopers Mls. (or less commonly used: Coopers Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Coopers Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coopers Mills may originally have been Cooper's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coopers Mills might be written as Cooper Mills.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Coopers Mills is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Kennebec, Knox, Sagadahoc & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Coopers Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coopers Mills:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Coopers Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- North Whitefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Somerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flanders Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Alna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Head Tide
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- North Newcastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Davis Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corner
- Nobleboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harrington Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harrington Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Corner
- Dresden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waldoboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Wales Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Wales
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Curtis Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Leeds Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Drinkwater Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <2>
- Nason Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Greene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Leeds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Sabattus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lisbon Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Cumberland County
- Harding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- South Windsor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- Windsor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- East Pittston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Chelsea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South China
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmingdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Branch Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gardiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hallowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Razorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Globe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Stickney Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Warren Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Hope is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Richmond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Harwards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Murphys Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Bowdoin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Days Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bowdoin Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Woolwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- MacMahan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Arrowsic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shawmut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Hinckley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Smithfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Palermo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- South Montville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- Montville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- West Searsmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- Searsmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bickfords Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bickfords Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickfords Corner
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
- Center Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Belmont
- Belmont Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Corner
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coopers Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Coopers Mills.
Cemeteries Near Coopers Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coopers Mills.
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 Coopers Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coopers Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- Gardiner - Avery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Noyes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Preble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Neck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trask Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dyer Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Ford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coopers Mills had a population of 210 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coopers Mills, with the one closest to Coopers Mills listed first.
- South Windsor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- North Whitefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Windsor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Somerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- West Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Washington is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Washington
- North Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- South Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Jefferson is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- Weeks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weeks Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Mills
- North Pittston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pittston
- Whitefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Razorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- East Pittston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Globe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coopers Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coopers Mills.
Newspapers Published in Coopers Mills ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coopers Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coopers Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coopers Mills.
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 Coopers Mills:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Sagadahoc County
- Somerset County
- Waldo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Coopers Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Coopers Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |