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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Huntington Mill: Huntington Ml. (or less commonly used: Huntington Mll.)
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Huntington Mill 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 Huntington Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huntington Mill:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Huntington Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington Mill, with the one closest to Huntington Mill listed first.
- North Bradford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Bradford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- South Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- South Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Corinth is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Old Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Old Town is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Old Town
- Edinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington Mill, with the one closest to Huntington Mill listed first.
- Boyd Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Atkinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Atkinson Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Milo
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- South Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Medford Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Medford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Dover South Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Brownville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sebec
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Dover - Foxcroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntington Mill, with the one closest to Huntington Mill listed first.
- Ripley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Albans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Detroit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Mainstream
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- West Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Waldo County
- North Winterport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Huntington Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Huntington Mill.
Cemeteries Near Huntington Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntington 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 Huntington Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Huntington Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huntington Mill, with the one closest to Huntington Mill listed first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Corner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trask Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orneville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gould Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farnham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinthian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Huntington Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Huntington Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Huntington Mill, with the one closest to Huntington Mill listed first.
- North Bradford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Bradford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- South Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- West Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
- Atkinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- East Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Corinth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Corinth is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corinth
- Milo
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- South Sebec
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Huntington Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntington Mill.
Newspapers Published in Huntington 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntington Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huntington Mill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Huntington Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Huntington Mill:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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 Huntington Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Huntington Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |