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 Cranes Corners (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 Cranes Corners. 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 Cranes Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Cranes Corners: Cranes Cors.
- While the name of this community is Cranes Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cranes Corners may originally have been Crane's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cranes Corners might be written as Crane Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cranes Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cranes Corners.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Cranes Corners is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Cranes Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cranes Corners:
- Hancock County (The home county of Cranes Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Verona Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- East Orland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bucksport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Penobscot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- West Penobscot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Bucksport Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Dedham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Brooksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
- North Ellsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Castine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Penobscot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Pulpit Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Appleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Goodale Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Orrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hampden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Orrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Hampden Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- Newburgh Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
- Brewer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Newburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
- Bangor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newburgh
(17 miles [27.4 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
- East Eddington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- East Dixmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Prospect Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Sandy Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Winterport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- North Searsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Searsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swanville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Belfast
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cranes Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Cranes Corners.
Cemeteries Near Cranes Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cranes Corners.
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 Cranes Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cranes Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Leaches Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gross Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whitman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Front Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Buck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whitman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Back Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Leach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bridges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hutchins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Cranes Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cranes Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cranes Corners, with the one closest to Cranes Corners listed first.
- Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Orland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bucksport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- North Penobscot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- West Penobscot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Bucks Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stockton Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Penobscot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Penobscot
- North Orland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Orland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orland
- Bucksport Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Winterport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bucksport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bucksport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cranes Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cranes Corners.
Newspapers Published in Cranes Corners ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cranes Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cranes Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cranes Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Cranes Corners:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Knox County
- Penobscot 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> | 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 Cranes Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cranes Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |