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 Varney 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 Varney 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 Varney 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Varney Corner: Varney Cor. (or less commonly used: Varney 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Varney Corner is located in Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near Varney Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Varney Corner:
- Sagadahoc County (The home county of Varney Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Bowdoin
(2 miles [3.2 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 Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Bowdoin Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Bowdoinham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harwards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Pejepscot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woolwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Bath
(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
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Drinkwater Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Sabattus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wales Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Leeds Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Nason Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Lisbon Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greene Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Foggs Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Penley Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Auburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Brunswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- North Pownal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Bunganuc Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Pennellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- East Harpswell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Gloucester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Merepoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Harpswell Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- South Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bustins Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Chisholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- 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>
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Purgatory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- East Monmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Monmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- South Gardiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- North Monmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farmingdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pittston
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- 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
- Razorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Hatchs Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Dresden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Whitefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westport
(18 miles [29 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
- North Newcastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Edgecomb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Newcastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Edgecomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgecomb is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgecomb
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Hebron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buckfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Canton
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Paris
(28 miles [45.1 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
- South Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Norway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spurrs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Varney Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Varney Corner.
Cemeteries Near Varney Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Varney 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 Varney Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Varney Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Hix Small Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starbird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coombs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Wales Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spear Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spear Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Sabattus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90576 <3>
- Hewey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (428 more) ...
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plumer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Varney Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Varney Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Varney Corner, with the one closest to Varney Corner listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Richmond Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Litchfield Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield Plains is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Plains
- Litchfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Bowdoin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bowdoin
- Bowdoin Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- South Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- East Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wales
- Wales
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Sabattus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bowdoinham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Lewiston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Lewiston is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lewiston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lisbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon Center is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Center
- Lisbon Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Varney Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Varney Corner.
Newspapers Published in Varney 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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Varney Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Varney Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Varney 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 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 Varney Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Sagadahoc County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Varney Corner) 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 Varney Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |