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 Ring Hill (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 Ring Hill. 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.
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 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.
Ring Hill is located in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County: Androscoggin, Franklin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset & Waldo.
Below are the counties that are near Ring Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ring Hill:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Ring Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Litchfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Batchelders Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Purgatory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- West Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- South Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- South Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Farmingdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,819 people
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Wales
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Wales Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Drinkwater Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Leeds Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Nason Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Sabattus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lisbon Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Curtis Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Greene Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Foggs Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Leeds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <1>
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Brunswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Bunganuc Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Pennellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- North Pownal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- East Harpswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Merepoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- New Gloucester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cundys Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- South Freeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Chisholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Chesterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Jay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Globe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Razorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Stickney Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Burkettville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Warren Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Warren Station is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Station
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Hatchs Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Head Tide
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Whitefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- North Whitefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Westport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Coopers Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edgecomb
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Damariscotta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Buckfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- East Sumner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Gilbertville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Canton Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Harwards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Days Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Pejepscot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bath
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woolwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Murphys Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- West Bath
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waldo County
- Palermo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ring Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Ring Hill.
Cemeteries Near Ring Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ring Hill.
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 Ring Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ring Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Plumer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plains Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starbird Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Libby Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gaubert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hix Small Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dinsmore 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 Ring Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ring Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ring Hill, with the one closest to Ring Hill listed first.
- Litchfield Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Litchfield Plains is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Plains
- Richmond Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Litchfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Richmond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- South Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Iceboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iceboro is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iceboro
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Harwards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- West Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dresden
- South Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wales
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- East Wales
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wales
- West Bowdoin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bowdoin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ring Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ring Hill.
Newspapers Published in Ring Hill ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ring Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ring Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ring Hill.
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 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 Ring Hill:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc 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 Ring Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ring Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |