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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette Corner: Fayette Cor. (or less commonly used: Fayette 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.
Fayette Corner 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 Fayette Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fayette Corner:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Fayette Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- North Fayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Fayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Wayne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Readfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maranacook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Monmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- East Livermore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Livermore Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shy Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- North Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- South Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- North Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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 <1>
- Howes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Livermore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- North Turner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Turner Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Chisholm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Chesterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Jay
(9 miles [14.5 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 <1>
- North Jay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- North Chesterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Farmington Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dryden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- East Wilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Wilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Dixfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Coopers Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Hatchs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Head Tide
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Canton Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Gilbertville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Canton
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Buckfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dixfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dickvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- West Peru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Bowdoin
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoinham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harwards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- 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
- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Starks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Norridgewock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Barron Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- Skowhegan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo County
- Palermo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fayette Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Fayette Corner.
Cemeteries Near Fayette Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fayette 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 Fayette Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fayette Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Kent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Readfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Shy Corner.
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Treat Cemetery
- Treat Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90629 <3>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant View Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Shy Corner.
- Shuy Yard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (393 more) ...
- Noyes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gibbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Philbrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fayette Corner had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fayette Corner, with the one closest to Fayette Corner listed first.
- Fayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- North Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Kents Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Mount Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Mount Vernon is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mount Vernon
- East Livermore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Wayne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Readfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Livermore Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore Center
- North Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Livermore Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Maranacook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Readfield Depot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Readfield Depot is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield Depot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fayette Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fayette Corner.
Newspapers Published in Fayette 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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fayette Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fayette Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fayette Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fayette Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Franklin County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- Somerset County
- Waldo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fayette Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fayette Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |