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 Five Mile 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 Five Mile 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 Five Mile 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 Five Mile Corners: Five Mile Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Five Mile Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Mile 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Five Mile 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 Five Mile Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Five Mile Corners:
- Hancock County (The home county of Five Mile Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- East Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Penobscot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Bucksport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verona Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verona Island is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Former name for Verona Island:
- Verona
- West Penobscot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Bucksport Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Dedham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Ellsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Surry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Brooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
- Blue Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- Pulpit Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- North Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Camden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- Goodale Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Holden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Orrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Hampden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brewer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hampden Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- Newburgh Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
- Bangor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Eddington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- South Newburgh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
- Eddington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- Prospect Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winterport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Winterport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Searsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Swanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Monroe Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Five Mile Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Five Mile Corners.
Cemeteries Near Five Mile Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Five Mile 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 Five Mile Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Five Mile Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- Front Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Back Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gross Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leaches Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whitman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (291 more) ...
- Leach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bridges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Surry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Five Mile Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Five Mile Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Five Mile Corners, with the one closest to Five Mile Corners listed first.
- East Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Penobscot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Bucks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
- Bucksport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- West Penobscot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- North Orland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Orland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orland
- South Penobscot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Penobscot
- West Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ellsworth
- East Bucksport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bucksport
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stockton Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Bucksport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bucksport
- Bucksport Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Five Mile Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Mile Corners.
Newspapers Published in Five Mile 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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Mile Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Five Mile Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Five Mile 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 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 Five Mile Corners:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Knox County
- Penobscot 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> | 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 Five Mile Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Five Mile Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |