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 Knights 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 Knights 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 Knights 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 Knights Corner: Knights Cor. (or less commonly used: Knights Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Knights Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knights Corner may originally have been Knight's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knights Corner might be written as Knight Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Knights Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knights 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 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 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.
Knights Corner is located in Waldo 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 Waldo County: Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Knights Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knights Corner:
- Waldo County (The home county of Knights Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Searsmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Slab City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bickfords Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bickfords Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickfords Corner
- Center Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Belmont
- Greers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greers Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greers Corner
- Belmont Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Corner
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
- Lincolnville Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Montville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- West Searsmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- Morrill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Harborside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cape Rosier
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cape Rosier is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Rosier
- Castine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Penobscot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Brooksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
- West Penobscot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
- Brooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Little Deer Isle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Verona Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Deer Isle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sargentville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sargentville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
- Sunset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bucksport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Branch Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Branch Mills is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Mills
- Albion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- China
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Windsor
- South China
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Windsor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Windsor is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor
- East Vassalboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vassalboro
- Benton Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Falls is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Falls
- North Vassalboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Vassalboro is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vassalboro
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,720 people
- Benton Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Station is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Appleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Appleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Burkettville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- South Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Hope is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
- Lucas Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Camden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Razorville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Flanders Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Somerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Davis Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corner
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waldoboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coopers Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Waldoboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Waldoboro is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waldoboro
- Eugley Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eugley Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugley Corner
- North Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Harrington Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harrington Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Corner
- Nobleboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Medomak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medomak is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medomak
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Dixmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,119 people
- East Dixmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
- South Newburgh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
- Newburgh Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
- Newburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
- Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Newburgh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shawmut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knights Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Knights Corner.
Cemeteries Near Knights Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knights 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 Knights Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knights Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Lassell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Searsmont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Belmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weymouth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sprague Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Knights Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knights Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knights Corner, with the one closest to Knights Corner listed first.
- Searsmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Appleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Appleton
- Center Belmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Belmont
- Appleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 911 people
- West Appleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Appleton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
- North Searsmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsmont
- West Searsmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Searsmont is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Searsmont
- South Montville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montville
- Burkettville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- North Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Union is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Morrill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knights Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knights Corner.
Newspapers Published in Knights 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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knights Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knights Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knights Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Knights Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Waldo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Penobscot 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 Knights Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knights Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |