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 Jewells Corner (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 Jewells Corner. 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 Jewells Corner ...
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 Jewells Corner: Jewells Cor. (or less commonly used: Jewells Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Jewells Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jewells Corner may originally have been Jewell's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jewells Corner might be written as Jewell Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Jewells Corner is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Jewells Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jewells Corner:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Jewells Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jewells Corner, with the one closest to Jewells Corner listed first.
- Monticello
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Littleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Hammond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kings Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kings Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grove
- Houlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Ludlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- New Limerick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Hodgdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jewells Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Jewells Corner.
Cemeteries Near Jewells Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jewells Corner.
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 Jewells Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jewells Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jewells Corner, with the one closest to Jewells Corner listed first.
- Jewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Bonaventure RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeville United Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boundary Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater Corner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tracey Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Littleton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Henderson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Avondale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Watson Settlement 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.<4>
While we didn't find Jewells Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jewells Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jewells Corner, with the one closest to Jewells Corner listed first.
- Monticello
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Littleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mars Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Houlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- New Limerick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hodgdon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Easton is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Smyrna Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Linneus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Linneus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
- Oakfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jewells Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jewells Corner.
Newspapers Published in Jewells Corner ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jewells Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jewells Corner, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jewells Corner.
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 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 Jewells Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Jewells Corner, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jewells Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |