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 Walnut 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 Walnut 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.
Name Variations for Walnut Hill ...
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.
Another variation: Walnuthill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walnut Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut Hill.
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.
Walnut Hill is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Walnut Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut Hill:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Walnut Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- North Yarmouth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Yarmouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Cumberland Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Upper Village ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Yarmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Foreside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Foreside
- Lower Village ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Pownal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Gray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- Gray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- Falmouth Foreside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Penley Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Lisbon Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Littlefield Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- East Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Minot
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Minot is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
- Moussam
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moussam is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moussam
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Trevett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- Hatchs Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boothbay Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- West Boothbay Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Spurrs Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- East Otisfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- Durgintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Pejepscot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Topsham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sabino
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Sebasco Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Bath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bowdoin Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Phippsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Small Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bowdoin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoinham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arrowsic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Days Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Chicopee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Buxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Kimbles Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Bar Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Limington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
- Old Orchard Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Limington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Limington
- Kinney Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Ocean Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hollis Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,807 people
- Limington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Limington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Limington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut Hill.
Cemeteries Near Walnut Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut 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 Walnut Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Moss Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Cumberland Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leighton Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Hill Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Field Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Merrill Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pineland Memorial 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Walnut Hill had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- North Yarmouth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Yarmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yarmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,997 people
- Cumberland Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yarmouth Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- West Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cumberland
- Yarmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gray Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gray Station is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Station
- North Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Falmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- East Gray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- Pownal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Pownal
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pownal
- Gray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- West Falmouth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Falmouth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walnut Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Hill.
Newspapers Published in Walnut 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 263 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Hill, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walnut Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Walnut Hill:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York 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 Walnut Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Walnut Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |