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 Dyer 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 Dyer 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 Dyer 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dyer Corner: Dyer Cor. (or less commonly used: Dyer 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Dyer Corner is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Dyer Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dyer Corner:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Dyer Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Pennellville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Brunswick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Harpswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Bunganuc Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Harding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Merepoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Harpswell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Cundys Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harpswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orrs Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bustins Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Penley Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Sabattus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Wales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- South Monmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Purgatory
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- South Gardiner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- West Gardiner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- East Monmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Monmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pittston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- East Pittston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Gardiner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Trevett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Southport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Boothbay Harbor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- West Boothbay Harbor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Hatchs Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Edgecomb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bayville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Topsham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sabino
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pejepscot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Woolwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phippsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arrowsic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Days Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Sebasco Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoinham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Small Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dyer Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Dyer Corner.
Cemeteries Near Dyer Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dyer 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 Dyer Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dyer Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Gatchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- First Parish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maquoit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brunswick.
- The St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90507 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Varney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Varney Cemetery is located in Brunswick.
- Cranberryhorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberryhorn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cranberryhorn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Harpswell.
- The Cranberryhorn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Old Great Island Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89782 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flying Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Topsham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsham Cemetery
- The Topsham Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Parish Cemetery
- First Parish Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308231 <2>
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Dyer Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dyer Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dyer Corner, with the one closest to Dyer Corner listed first.
- Brunswick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Harpswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harpswell
- Topsham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Harpswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Harding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Harpswell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Cundys Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cathance
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cathance is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathance
- Winnegance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Winnegance is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnegance
- Bath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orrs Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Phippsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woolwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Bath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Bath is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bath
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dyer Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dyer Corner.
Newspapers Published in Dyer 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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dyer Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dyer Corner, 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 Dyer Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Dyer Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Sagadahoc 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 Dyer 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dyer Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |