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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 Frenchs 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 Frenchs 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 Frenchs 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Frenchs Corner: Frenchs Cor. (or less commonly used: Frenchs Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Frenchs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Frenchs Corner may originally have been French's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Frenchs Corner might be written as French Corner.
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 doctors 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.
Frenchs 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 Frenchs Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frenchs Corner:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Frenchs Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- West Gardiner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Purgatory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- Batchelders Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- East Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Farmingdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Winthrop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Hallowell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Litchfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Wales Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Wales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Leeds Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Curtis Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Nason Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Leeds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Drinkwater Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Sabattus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Leeds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Greene Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Foggs Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Brunswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- North Pownal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Bunganuc Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Pennellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- East Harpswell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- New Gloucester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Merepoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Shaker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Cundys Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Chisholm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Chesterville
(23 miles [37 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
- Jay
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- North Chesterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- North Jay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Farmington Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dryden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Wilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Globe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Razorville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Stickney Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Dresden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Hatchs Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Head Tide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Coopers Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Wiscasset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Buckfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Canton Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Gilbertville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- East Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- South Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Harwards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Pejepscot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Woolwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Shawmut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Palermo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frenchs Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Frenchs Corner.
Cemeteries Near Frenchs Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frenchs 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 Frenchs Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frenchs Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- Fairbanks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Northern Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Ave. Cemetery
- The Northern Ave. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapman Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Libby Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plaisted Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaisted Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Plaisted Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Gardiner.
- The Plaisted Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Ave. Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90690 <4>
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Maine Ave. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Winthrop 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.<5>
While we didn't find Frenchs Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frenchs Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frenchs Corner, with the one closest to Frenchs Corner listed first.
- West Gardiner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Winthrop Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Farmingdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hallowell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Winthrop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Litchfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Litchfield Plains is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Plains
- Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frenchs Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frenchs Corner.
Newspapers Published in Frenchs 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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frenchs Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frenchs Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frenchs Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Frenchs Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland 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> | 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- Frenchs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Frenchs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |