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 Nutter 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 Nutter 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 Nutter 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Nutter Corner: Nutter Cor. (or less commonly used: Nutter Crn.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Nutter Corner is located in Somerset 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 Somerset County: Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Nutter Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nutter Corner:
- Somerset County (The home county of Nutter Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Saint Albans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ripley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Mainstream
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Dogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Houston Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Detroit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pittsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morrison Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Corner
- Benton Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Benton Falls is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Falls
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,720 people
- Benton Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Station is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Corinna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Dexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- East Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
- Exeter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
- Stetson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- East Exeter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Silvers Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Wellington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Parkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dover South Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- East Sangerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Sangerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Guilford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Howard Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Abbot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Dover - Foxcroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kingsbury Plantation
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Kingsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Burnham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burnham is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winnecook
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
- Unity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thorndike
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Knox Ledge Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Knox Ledge Corner is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Ledge Corner
- Monroe Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Knox is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Brooks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nutter Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Nutter Corner.
Cemeteries Near Nutter Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nutter 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 Nutter Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nutter Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Weeks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nutter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fern - Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stuart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Newport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Ripley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pooler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Corner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Nutter Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nutter Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nutter Corner, with the one closest to Nutter Corner listed first.
- Saint Albans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Corinna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ripley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Hartland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spragues Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spragues Mill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragues Mill
- Corinna Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Corinna Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinna Center
- West Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Dexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mainstream
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pittsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Detroit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nutter Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nutter Corner.
Newspapers Published in Nutter 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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nutter Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nutter Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nutter 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 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 Nutter Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Somerset County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kennebec County
- Penobscot County
- Piscataquis 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> | 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 Nutter 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nutter Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |