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 (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. 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.
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 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.
Hermon 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. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hermon:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Hermon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Snow Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Levant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hampden Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- North Newburgh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
- East Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Hampden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bangor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Orrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Orrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kenduskeag
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glenburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,567 people
- Brewer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Bucksport Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Dedham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Verona Island
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Orland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- North Ellsworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- North Penobscot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- West Penobscot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Mariaville
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Atkinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Dover South Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Atkinson Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- South Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- 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 - Foxcroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medford Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Milo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- East Sangerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Detroit
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Dogtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Ripley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Saint Albans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- North Winterport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- 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
- North Searsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Prospect Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Prospect
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Swanville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hermon, see our County-by-County Page for Hermon.
Cemeteries Near Hermon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hermon.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hermon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Birch Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rug le Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hermon had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hermon had a population of 6,104 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hermon, with the one closest to Hermon listed first.
- Hermon Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hermon Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Center
- Snow Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Snow Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Corner
- Hermon Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hermon Pond is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Pond
- North Hermon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Hermon is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hermon
- Levant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Newburgh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
- West Hampden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Hampden is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hampden
- Hampden Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
- West Bangor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- 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
- Hampden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Bangor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Bangor is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Six Mile Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Six Mile Falls is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Falls
- South Levant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Levant is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Levant
- Orrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hermon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hermon.
Newspapers Published in Hermon ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hermon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hermon, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hermon.
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 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:
- 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> | 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- Hermon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |