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 Wings Mills (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 Wings Mills. 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 Wings Mills ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Wings Mills: Wings Mls. (or less commonly used: Wings Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Wings Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wings Mills may originally have been Wing's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wings Mills might be written as Wing Mills.
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 doctors 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.
Wings Mills 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 Wings Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wings Mills:
- Kennebec County (The home county of Wings Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Locks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locks Corner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Belgrade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Readfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kents Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belgrade Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maranacook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Fayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Winthrop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- North Belgrade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Belgrade is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belgrade
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- East Livermore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Livermore
- North Leeds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Shy Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shy Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shy Corner
- Curtis Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Livermore Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Livermore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Livermore
- South Livermore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Livermore is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livermore
- Howes Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Corner
- Leeds Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Livermore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Turner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Turner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Turner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Chesterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Chisholm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- New Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farmington Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Jay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Dryden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- North Jay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- East Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Wilton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wilton
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Razorville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Razorville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stickney Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stickney Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney Corner
- Lucas Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
- Globe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Burkettville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burkettville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkettville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Coopers Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- Somerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Somerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Whitefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dresden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Head Tide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Hatchs Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Alna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Flanders Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Canton Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Gilbertville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 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
- East Sumner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Buckfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dickvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dickvale is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickvale
- Dixfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Peru is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peru
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Richmond Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Richmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Bowdoin Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Harwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Bowdoinham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Smithfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Norridgewock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Starks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Starks is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Nyes Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nyes Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyes Corner
- Shawmut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Hinckley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Skowhegan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barron Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barron Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Corner
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Palermo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Palermo is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Palermo
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Burnham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnham is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,243 people
- Winnecook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winnecook is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
- Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wings Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Wings Mills.
Cemeteries Near Wings Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wings Mills.
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 Wings Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wings Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dunns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potash Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dudley Plain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Readfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Philbrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whittier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Barber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scribner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Wings Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wings Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wings Mills, with the one closest to Wings Mills listed first.
- Readfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Readfield Depot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Readfield Depot is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield Depot
- Belgrade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kents Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Sidney is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sidney
- West Mount Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Mount Vernon is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mount Vernon
- Fayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maranacook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Wayne is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wayne
- East Winthrop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Winthrop Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Sidney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,543 people
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wings Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wings Mills.
Newspapers Published in Wings Mills ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wings Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wings Mills, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wings Mills.
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 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 Wings Mills:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Kennebec County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- Somerset County
- Waldo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wings Mills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wings Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |