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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 Durbin 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 Durbin 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 Durbin 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 Durbin Corner: Durbin Cor. (or less commonly used: Durbin Crn.)

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 doctors 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.

Durbin Corner is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Durbin Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Durbin Corner:

  • Penobscot County     (The home county of Durbin Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durbin Corner, with the one closest to Durbin Corner listed first.
    • Garland
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Garland is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Silvers Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
    • Russell Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
    • Exeter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Exeter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
    • Dexter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Dexter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,702 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <1>
    • Charleston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Charleston is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
    • East Exeter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
    • Corinna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Corinth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • North Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • North Newport is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
    • North Bradford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
    • South Corinth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Corinth is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
  • Piscataquis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durbin Corner, with the one closest to Durbin Corner listed first.
    • Dover South Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
    • South Dover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
    • East Sangerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
    • Dover - Foxcroft
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Atkinson Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
    • Atkinson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Howard Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
    • Sangerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Guilford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Steadman Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
    • Bowerbank
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durbin Corner, with the one closest to Durbin Corner listed first.
    • Ripley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ripley is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Saint Albans
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cambridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Palmyra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mainstream
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Mainstream is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
    • Hartland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Detroit
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • West Palmyra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
    • Harmony
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Houston Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
    • Dogtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dogtown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Pittsfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Durbin Corner, with the one closest to Durbin Corner listed first.
    • Troy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Troy is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
    • Burnham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnham is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
    • Winnecook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Winnecook is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
    • Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jackson is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
    • North Winterport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport

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

Cemeteries Near Durbin Corner ...

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

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

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

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 Durbin Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Durbin Corner.

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

  • Garland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Garland is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Silvers Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
  • Dover South Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
  • Dexter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dexter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,702 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <1>
  • Exeter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Exeter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
  • West Charleston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • West Charleston is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
  • South Dover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
  • Corinna Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Corinna Center is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinna Center
  • South Exeter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • South Exeter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Exeter
  • East Exeter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
  • Exeter Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Exeter Mills is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Mills
  • Charleston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Charleston is located in Penobscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • North Dexter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Dexter is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dexter
    • East Corinth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • East Sangerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Durbin Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durbin Corner.

Newspapers Published in Durbin 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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durbin Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Durbin Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Durbin 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 Durbin Corner:

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 Durbin Corner, 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' (or 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- Durbin Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.