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 Norway Center (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 Norway Center. 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 Norway Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Norway Center: Norway Ctr. (or less commonly used: Norway Cen., Norway Cent. or Norway Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Norway Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Norway Center.
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 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.
Norway Center is located in Oxford 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 Oxford County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, York, Carroll (NH) & Coos (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Norway Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Norway Center:
- Oxford County (The home county of Norway Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- North Norway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Norway is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norway
- Norway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Sweats Island
- Sweet Island
- Swetts Island
- Waterford Flat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
- South Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Otisfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- West Minot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Minot
- Mechanic Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chase Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Poland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Poland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Turner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Auburn is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- East Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Minot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Moussam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- North Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Harrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Otisfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- North Bridgton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cove
- Bridgton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Casco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Bridgton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- South Bridgton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- Crescent Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crescent Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Naples
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Chisholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Carthage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carthage is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- East Dixfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Jay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Berry Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- North Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Monmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wayne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Wayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- South Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Chatham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Chatham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Center Conway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Intervale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- North Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hale's Location
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Shelburne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Purchase
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Gorham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glen House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glen House is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Martins Location
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Upper Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Upper Village is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Norway Center, see our County-by-County Page for Norway Center.
Cemeteries Near Norway Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norway Center.
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 Norway Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Norway Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richardson Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Noyes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Patch Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bisbeetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Finnish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Norway Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norway Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Norway Center, with the one closest to Norway Center listed first.
- North Norway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Norway is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norway
- Norway Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norway Lake is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Lake
- East Waterford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- Norway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Sweats Island
- Sweet Island
- Swetts Island
- Waterford Flat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bolsters Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bolsters Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolsters Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Paris
- South Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Woodstock is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodstock
- Lynchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lynchville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Norway Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Norway Center.
Newspapers Published in Norway Center ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norway Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norway Center, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norway Center.
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 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 Norway Center:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Oxford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Kennebec County
- Carroll County
- Coos 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 Norway Center, 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- Norway Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |