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 Gould 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 Gould 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 Gould 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 Gould Corner: Gould Cor. (or less commonly used: Gould Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Gould Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gould 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.
Gould Corner is located in York 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 York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Gould Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gould Corner:
- York County (The home county of Gould Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Eliot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Payneton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Payneton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- South Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Eliot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Eliot is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Beech Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Berwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Admiralty Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chases Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chases Pond is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chases Pond
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Agamenticus Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Agamenticus Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agamenticus Village
- Bedell Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Belknap County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Barnstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Alton Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Carroll County (NH)
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Epsom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Epsom is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epsom <1>
- Gossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Allenstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chichester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Newington Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Portsmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Castle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newmarket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Rye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rye is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
- West Rye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Rye is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rye
- Newfields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Rollinsford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Madbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Somersworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durham is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <1>
- Pickering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- East Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Glenmere Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- East Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gould Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Gould Corner.
Cemeteries Near Gould Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gould 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 Gould Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gould Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Greek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dover Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oldfields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fogg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cocheco Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mathes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Gould Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gould Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gould Corner, with the one closest to Gould Corner listed first.
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Newington Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- South Eliot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Eliot is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- South Berwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sawyers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sawyers is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers
- Newington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Madbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Durham is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <1>
- Kittery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somersworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Portsmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- York Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- York Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Corner
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Agamenticus Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Agamenticus Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agamenticus Village
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gould Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gould Corner.
Newspapers Published in Gould 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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gould Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gould Corner, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gould 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 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 Gould Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford 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 Gould Corner, 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' (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- Gould Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |