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 Knowles 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 Knowles 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 Knowles 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 Knowles Corner: Knowles Cor. (or less commonly used: Knowles Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Knowles Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knowles Corner may originally have been Knowle's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knowles Corner might be written as Knowle Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Knowles Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Knowles 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Knowles 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 Knowles Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knowles Corner:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Knowles Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knowles Corner, with the one closest to Knowles Corner listed first.
- Moro Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moro Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Merrill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Smyrna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hersey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hersey is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Smyrna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Dyer Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Oakfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Island Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ludlow is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- Oxbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Plantation
- Estimated population in 2018: 61 people
- Crystal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knowles Corner, with the one closest to Knowles Corner listed first.
- Mount Chase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Chase is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Shin Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shin Pond is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Pond
- Patten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sherman Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sherman Station is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Station
- Stacyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stacyville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Piscataquis County
- Old City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old City is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knowles Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Knowles Corner.
Cemeteries Near Knowles Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knowles 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 Knowles Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knowles Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knowles Corner, with the one closest to Knowles Corner listed first.
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Darling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marley Bradford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hersey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tarbell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Mills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer Brook Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrows Chambers Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oakfield Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (57 more) ...
- Amish Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crystal Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Timoney Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Knowles Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knowles Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knowles Corner, with the one closest to Knowles Corner listed first.
- Moro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moro is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
- Smyrna Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hersey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hersey is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Dyer Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer Brook is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Oakfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Island Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Patten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oxbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Limerick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Masardis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Masardis is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Linneus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linneus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 907 people
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
- Sherman Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knowles Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knowles Corner.
Newspapers Published in Knowles 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knowles Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knowles Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knowles Corner.
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 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 Knowles Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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 Knowles Corner, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Knowles Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |