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 Sturtevant 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 Sturtevant 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Sturtevant 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 Sturtevant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sturtevant Hill:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Sturtevant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Maranacook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Winthrop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Readfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Winthrop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kents Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- North Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- North Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Curtis Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- East Livermore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Leeds Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- South Livermore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Wales Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Howes Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Shy Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- Wales
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Greene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Brunswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Pownal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- New Gloucester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Chisholm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Chesterville
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- North Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- North Jay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Farmington Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dryden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- East Wilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Wilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Dixfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- West Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Farmington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farmington
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Razorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Globe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Stickney Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Dresden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Dresden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Hatchs Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- Head Tide
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Somerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Alna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Canton Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Canton
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Hartford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Buckfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Sumner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peru
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- Dixfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dickvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Bowdoin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Harwards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Days Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Topsham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woolwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norridgewock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Starks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Nyes Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Hinckley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Palermo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Palermo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sturtevant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sturtevant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sturtevant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sturtevant 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 Sturtevant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sturtevant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Glenside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Winthrop.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89959 <3>
- Metcalf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whittier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Winthrop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Readfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dudley Plain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Leeds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scribner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Potash Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Sturtevant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sturtevant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sturtevant Hill, with the one closest to Sturtevant Hill listed first.
- Maranacook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Winthrop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Readfield Depot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Readfield Depot is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield Depot
- Readfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winthrop Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- East Winthrop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kents Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fayette Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sturtevant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sturtevant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sturtevant 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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturtevant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sturtevant Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sturtevant Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sturtevant 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
- Somerset 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sturtevant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sturtevant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |