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 Temple Intervale (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 Temple Intervale. 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 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.
Temple Intervale is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Temple Intervale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Temple Intervale:
- Franklin County (The home county of Temple Intervale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Temple
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Temple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Fairbanks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- South Strong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Strong is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strong
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Farmington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farmington
- Perkin's Plantation ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkin's Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkin's Plantation
- Avon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Strong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Wilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Phillips
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Weld
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Livermore Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shy Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- North Livermore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- East Livermore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- Livermore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Howes Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- North Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Turner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Chase Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chase Mills is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Mills
- Turner Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turner Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Center
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Fayette is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fayette
- Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belgrade Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Kents Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Belgrade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Belgrade is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belgrade
- North Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- Belgrade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Readfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Dixfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canton Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- West Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Roxbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rumford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Dickvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- South Rumford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Rumford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rumford
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Starks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- New Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 637 people
- East New Portland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East New Portland is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New Portland
- Anson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Anson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barron Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Norridgewock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Embden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Embden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
- Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Temple Intervale, see our County-by-County Page for Temple Intervale.
Cemeteries Near Temple Intervale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Temple Intervale.
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 Temple Intervale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Temple Intervale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Intervale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Staples Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Savage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Intervale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Schoolhouse 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.<3>
While we didn't find Temple Intervale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Temple Intervale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Temple Intervale, with the one closest to Temple Intervale listed first.
- Fairbanks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairbanks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- South Strong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Strong is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strong
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Wilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Strong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Phillips
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Allens Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Weld
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Dixfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Dixfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixfield
- Beans Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Corner
- New Vineyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Vineyard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vineyard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Berry Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- North Chesterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Farmington Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Temple Intervale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Temple Intervale.
Newspapers Published in Temple Intervale ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Temple Intervale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Temple Intervale, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Temple Intervale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Temple Intervale:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Oxford County
- Somerset 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 Temple Intervale, 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- Temple Intervale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |