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 Hildreths Mill (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 Hildreths Mill. 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 Hildreths Mill ...
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 Hildreths Mill: Hildreths Ml. (or less commonly used: Hildreths Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Hildreths Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hildreths Mill may originally have been Hildreth's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hildreths Mill might be written as Hildreth Mill.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Hildreths Mill is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Hildreths Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hildreths Mill:
- Franklin County (The home county of Hildreths Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- Perkin's Plantation ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perkin's Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkin's Plantation
- Weld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carthage is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Temple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Temple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- East Dixfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dryden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- East Wilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Fairbanks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Avon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- North Jay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- Livermore Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Livermore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- Shy Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- Livermore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Livermore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- South Livermore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- North Turner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Howes Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- North Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Chase Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Turner Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Turner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- North Fayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belgrade Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- North Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Readfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belgrade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maranacook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- Dixfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peru
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Roxbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rumford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Rumford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Rumford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rumford
- Byron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Canton Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Dickvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- Gilbertville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Rumford Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- New Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Starks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Mercer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- East New Portland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East New Portland is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
- Anson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Anson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barron Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- Norridgewock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Embden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Embden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hildreths Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Hildreths Mill.
Cemeteries Near Hildreths Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hildreths Mill.
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 Hildreths Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hildreths Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- Center Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Intervale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robertson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Intervale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savage Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Staples Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Science Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Severy Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Birchland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Hildreths Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hildreths Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hildreths Mill, with the one closest to Hildreths Mill listed first.
- Weld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- East Dixfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dixfield Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dixfield Center is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixfield Center
- East Wilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Frye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frye is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye
- Dixfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Jay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- South Strong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Strong is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strong
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Phillips
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hildreths Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hildreths Mill.
Newspapers Published in Hildreths Mill ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hildreths Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hildreths Mill, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hildreths Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hildreths Mill:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Oxford County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Hildreths Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Hildreths Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |