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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 Verona Park (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 Verona Park. 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.

Verona Park is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Verona Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Verona Park:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Verona Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.
    • Bucksport
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Verona Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Verona Island is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
      • Former name for Verona Island:
      • Verona
    • Orland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bucksport Center
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
    • West Penobscot
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
    • East Orland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • North Penobscot
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
    • West Brooksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • West Brooksville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brooksville
    • Dedham
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Castine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Penobscot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Blue Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Hope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Appleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • West Appleton is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Appleton
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • Camden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Appleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Burkettville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Burkettville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
    • South Hope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Hope is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hope
    • West Rockport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.
    • Goodale Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Orrington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hampden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • North Orrington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
    • Newburgh Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Newburgh Village is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Village
    • South Newburgh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • South Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newburgh
    • Hampden Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
    • Holden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • East Dixmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Dixmont is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dixmont
    • Newburgh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,530 people
    • Brewer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
    • North Newburgh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • North Newburgh is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newburgh
  • Somerset County
    • Detroit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.
    • Prospect Ferry
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Sandy Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Prospect
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Frankfort
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockton Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winterport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • North Searsport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
    • North Winterport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
    • Searsport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Swanville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Monroe is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
    • Monroe Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Verona Park, see our County-by-County Page for Verona Park.

Cemeteries Near Verona Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Verona Park.

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 Verona Park - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Verona Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.

  • Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Buck Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Buck Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gross Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Leaches Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Silver Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Whitman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Whitman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottle Cemetery
    • The Cottle Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottle Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438532 <2>
  • Mt. Prospect Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (306 more) ...
    • Leach Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Front Ridge Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen 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.<3>

While we didn't find Verona Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Verona Park.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Verona Park, with the one closest to Verona Park listed first.

  • Prospect Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
  • Bucksport
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Orland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Prospect
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stockton Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bucksport Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
  • West Penobscot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Penobscot
  • Frankfort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Winterport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • East Orland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bucks Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
  • North Penobscot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • North Bucksport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • North Bucksport is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bucksport
    • North Searsport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
    • Searsport
      (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 Verona Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Verona Park.

Newspapers Published in Verona Park ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Verona Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Verona Park, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Verona Park.

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 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 Verona Park:

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 Verona Park, 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 from Point A (ie- Verona Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.