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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 Dog 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 Dog 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 Dog 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dog Corners: Dog Cors.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Dog Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dog Corners, with the one closest to Dog Corners listed first.
    • Osborn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Osborn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Aurora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Waltham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Waltham is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Amherst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Amherst is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
    • Great Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Mariaville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mariaville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
    • Franklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Otis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Otis is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
    • West Sullivan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
    • Franklin Road
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Goodwin Siding
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Goodwin Siding is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Siding
      • Goodwin Siding has also been known as:
      • Goodwins
    • Hancock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dog Corners, with the one closest to Dog Corners listed first.
    • Clifton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • East Eddington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Bradley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Old Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Holden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • Webster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Webster is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Milford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Eddington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Orono
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Orono is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orono
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orono <1>
    • Veazie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Veazie is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veazie <1>
    • Stillwater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Stillwater is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Brewer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dog Corners, with the one closest to Dog Corners listed first.
    • Beddington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deblois
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Cherryfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Epping
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Epping is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
    • Columbia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Harrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Steuben
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Steuben
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Milbridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Addison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Wesley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Dog Corners ...

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

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

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

  • Hillside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Crimmins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Beddington Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Aurora Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Penny Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Frost Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pyles Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Abbott Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Great Pond Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Beech Hill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Dog Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dog Corners.

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

  • Beddington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Aurora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Waltham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Waltham is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
  • Eastbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Amherst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Amherst is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
  • Deblois
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Deblois is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Great Pond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Great Pond is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Pond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • West Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Franklin is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
  • Clifton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
  • Egypt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Egypt is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • West Sullivan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Franklin Road
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Hancock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sullivan
      (18 miles [29 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 Dog Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dog Corners.

Newspapers Published in Dog 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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dog Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dog Corners, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dog Corners.

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 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 Dog Corners:

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 Dog Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dog Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.