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 Halls 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 Halls 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 Halls 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 Halls Corner: Halls Cor. (or less commonly used: Halls Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Halls Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Corner may originally have been Hall's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Corner might be written as Hall Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halls Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Halls 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 Halls Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Corner:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Halls Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- South Windsor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- Windsor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- Chelsea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South China
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Pittston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
- Farmingdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pittston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Branch Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
- Augusta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gardiner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hallowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Wales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Curtis Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Leeds Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Wales Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Drinkwater Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Leeds
(27 miles [43.5 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>
- Greene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- North Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Sabattus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Greene Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Lisbon Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- Harding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Razorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Globe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Stickney Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Appleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Appleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Warren Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- South Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Hope is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
- Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Coopers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Somerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Whitefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Head Tide
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Alna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Newcastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Davis Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corner
- Nobleboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrington Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harrington Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Corner
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Harwards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Murphys Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Bowdoin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Days Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Woolwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrowsic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- MacMahan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Pejepscot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shawmut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Smithfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinckley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Palermo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- South Montville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- Montville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- West Searsmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- Searsmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bickfords Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bickfords Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickfords Corner
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
- Center Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Center Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Belmont
- Belmont Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Corner.
Cemeteries Near Halls Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls 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 Halls Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Resthaven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gardiner - Avery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Potter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Preble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Noyes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Windsor Neck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dyer Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trask Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (368 more) ...
- Togus National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Putnam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<5>
While we didn't find Halls Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Corner, with the one closest to Halls Corner listed first.
- Coopers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Windsor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- Windsor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Whitefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Somerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- West Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Windsor
- North Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- North Pittston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pittston
- West Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Washington is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Washington
- Weeks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weeks Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Mills
- Chelsea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Whitefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- South Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Jefferson is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Pittston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Corner.
Newspapers Published in Halls 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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls 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 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 Halls Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Knox County
- Lincoln 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> | 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> | 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- Halls Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Halls Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |