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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dodge Corner: Dodge Cor. (or less commonly used: Dodge Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dodge Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dodge 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 and hospitals 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.
Dodge 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 Dodge Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dodge Corner:
- Waldo County (The home county of Dodge Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Winnecook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
- Burnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burnham is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thorndike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Knox Ledge Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knox Ledge Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Ledge Corner
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knox is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Brooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Bucksport Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Bucksport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Verona Island
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morrison Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Corner
- Benton Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Falls is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Falls
- Benton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,720 people
- Benton Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Station is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
- China
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branch Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
- North Vassalboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vassalboro
- East Vassalboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vassalboro
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- West Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Burkettville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucas Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Razorville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stickney Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Somerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Coopers Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
- East Dixmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
- Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etna is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,194 people
- North Newport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Newburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
- South Newburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
- Corinna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stetson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Wellington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Dover South Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Detroit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dogtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Houston Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Pittsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Canaan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawmut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hinckley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Nyes Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dodge Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Dodge Corner.
Cemeteries Near Dodge Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodge 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 Dodge Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dodge Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Chandler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mudgett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hathaway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Webster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saywood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Thorndike Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Thorndike Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cole Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jewel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Dodge Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dodge Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dodge Corner, with the one closest to Dodge Corner listed first.
- Winnecook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
- Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Troy is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Troy
- Detroit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thorndike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Benton is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- East Thorndike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Thorndike is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thorndike
- Dixmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Dixmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dixmont
- West Palmyra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dodge Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodge Corner.
Newspapers Published in Dodge 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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodge Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dodge Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dodge Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dodge Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Waldo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Penobscot County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
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 Dodge Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dodge Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |