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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 Dunns 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 Dunns 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 Dunns 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 Dunns Corners: Dunns Cors.
- While the name of this community is Dunns Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dunns Corners may originally have been Dunn's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dunns Corners might be written as Dunn Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dunns Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dunns 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Dunns Corners is located in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County: Androscoggin, Franklin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Dunns Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunns Corners:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Dunns Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Locks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Readfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kents Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belgrade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maranacook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Belgrade Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- North Fayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- North Leeds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- East Livermore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Leeds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Curtis Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Livermore Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- North Livermore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- South Livermore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Howes Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Leeds Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Livermore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Turner Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- North Turner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Chesterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Chisholm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- North Chesterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- New Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Farmington Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <2>
- Dryden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- North Jay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- East Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Farmington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farmington
- East Dixfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Razorville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Globe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Burkettville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Lucas Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Coopers Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Somerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Whitefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Hatchs Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Alna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Flanders Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Canton Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Gilbertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- East Sumner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Buckfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dixfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dickvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- West Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoin Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Harwards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norridgewock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Starks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Shawmut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Hinckley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Anson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Skowhegan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barron Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- Canaan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Palermo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burnham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnham is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Winnecook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunns Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Dunns Corners.
Cemeteries Near Dunns Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunns 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 Dunns Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunns Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Dunns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Potash Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dudley Plain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Readfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stevens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whittier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scribner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philbrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Metcalf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Dunns Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunns Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunns Corners, with the one closest to Dunns Corners listed first.
- Readfield Depot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Readfield Depot is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield Depot
- Readfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kents Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maranacook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- West Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Sidney is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sidney
- Belgrade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Mount Vernon is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mount Vernon
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- East Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Winthrop Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- North Fayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Fayette Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fayette Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunns Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunns Corners.
Newspapers Published in Dunns 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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunns Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunns Corners, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunns Corners.
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 websites either 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 Dunns Corners:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford 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> | 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 Dunns 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunns Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |