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 Hermon Center (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 Hermon Center. 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 Hermon Center ...
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 Hermon Center: Hermon Ctr. (or less commonly used: Hermon Cen., Hermon Cent. or Hermon Cntr.)
You might see Hermon Centre instead of Hermon Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Hermon Center is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Hermon Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hermon Center:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Hermon Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Snow Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Hermon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hampden Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- Hampden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Levant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Newburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Bucksport Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Dedham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Verona Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Orland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Orland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- North Penobscot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Otis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- West Penobscot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Mariaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Atkinson Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Boyd Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Dover South Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- South Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Detroit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Dogtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Saint Albans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- North Winterport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Monroe Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- North Searsport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Prospect Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Sandy Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Swanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hermon Center, see our County-by-County Page for Hermon Center.
Cemeteries Near Hermon Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hermon Center.
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 Hermon Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hermon Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rug le Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- North Orrington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hermon Center had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hermon Center, with the one closest to Hermon Center listed first.
- Snow Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Hermon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Bangor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- Hermon Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hermon Pond is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Pond
- West Hampden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hampden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hampden
- Hampden Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- North Hermon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Hermon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hermon
- Hampden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Hampden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Hampden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampden
- North Bangor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bangor
- North Newburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
- Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Orrington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Levant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Brewer is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brewer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hermon Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hermon Center.
Newspapers Published in Hermon Center ...
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 Hermon Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hermon Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hermon Center.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hermon Center:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hermon Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hermon Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |