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 Hollis (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 Hollis. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Hollis 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 Hollis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollis:
- York County (The home county of Hollis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Hollis Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- South Hollis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Bar Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Kimbles Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Lake Arrowhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Waterboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chicopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- South Limington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- Androscoggin County
- West Poland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Standish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sebago Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- North Scarborough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Steep Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Scarborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- South Windham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Windham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windham
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Newhall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newhall is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhall
- Westbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Gorham is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gorham
- Baldwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Durgintown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Kezar Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Rankins Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Porter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Denmark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brownfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Brownfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brownfield
- East Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Merrill Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrill Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
- Spurrs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Woodman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- East Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- South Effingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Effingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Freedom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ossipee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Wolfeboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Chickville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chickville is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickville
- Fernald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- South Wolfeboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- Middleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- East Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- North Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Somersworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Rollinsford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- New Durham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollis, see our County-by-County Page for Hollis.
Cemeteries Near Hollis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollis.
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 Hollis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- Meeting House Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bear Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Buston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Buston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Buston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bar Mills.
- The South Buston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tory Hill Cemetery
- Tory Hill Meeting House Yard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980911 <2>
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Gorham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chadbourne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Street Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- North Street Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shaws Mill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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, Hollis had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hollis had a population of 4,807 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollis, with the one closest to Hollis listed first.
- West Hollis
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hollis
- Hollis Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Hollis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Clarks Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- West Buxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Hollis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hollis
- Waterboro Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waterboro Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterboro Center
- East Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bar Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buxton Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buxton Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton Center
- Bonny Eagle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonny Eagle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Eagle
- North Waterboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Groveville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Groveville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- South Limington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
- Chicopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollis.
Newspapers Published in Hollis ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollis, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollis.
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 Hollis:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Carroll 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> | 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 Hollis, 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' (or 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- Hollis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |