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 Stubbs 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 Stubbs 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 Stubbs 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 Stubbs Corner: Stubbs Cor. (or less commonly used: Stubbs Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Stubbs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stubbs Corner may originally have been Stubb's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stubbs Corner might be written as Stubb 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 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.
Stubbs Corner is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Stubbs Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stubbs Corner:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Stubbs Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 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
- East Exeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- Russell Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Corinna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- North Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Stetson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Dexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silvers Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Hancock County
- Bucksport Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Corner
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Dover South Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- South Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Atkinson Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- East Sangerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Dover - Foxcroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Howard Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Parkman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sangerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Abbot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Albans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Detroit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Corner
- Dogtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Palmyra is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Palmyra
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Harmony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burnham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burnham is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Winnecook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Winterport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Monroe Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Thorndike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Winterport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stubbs Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Stubbs Corner.
Cemeteries Near Stubbs Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stubbs 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 Stubbs Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stubbs Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- Chamberlain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bragg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Garland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Newport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tibbets Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Exeter Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- No Exeter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nutter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weeks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Stubbs Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stubbs Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stubbs Corner, with the one closest to Stubbs Corner listed first.
- South Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Exeter
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Corinna Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Corinna Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinna Center
- East Exeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Exeter
- Corinna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spragues Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spragues Mill is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragues Mill
- North Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Newport is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newport
- Stetson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stetson is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Exeter Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Exeter Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Mills
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Dexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Corinth is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Corinth
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charleston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stubbs Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stubbs Corner.
Newspapers Published in Stubbs 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stubbs Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stubbs Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stubbs Corner.
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 Stubbs Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Kennebec County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Waldo 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 Stubbs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stubbs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |