Frenchville, Aroostook County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1839)
Incorporated
1869 as Dickeyville from Frenchville Plantation (known informally as Dionne Plantation); name changed in 1871 to Frenchville
Previous Designations
Township No. 18, Fifth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T18 R5 WELS); Chateaugay; Ste-Emilie
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form St. Agatha in 1899, and additional land was set off to that town in 1927
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Frenchville, Gilman (former railroad station), St. Luce Station (Saint Luce Station), Upper Frenchville
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Edmundston (N.B.), Fort Kent, Madawaska, Saint-Hilaire (N.B.), St. Agatha, T17 R5 WELS
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Frenchville
Cemeteries
Burials of Ste Luce church, Aroostook Co., Maine, 1843-1860
Church Records
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954 [Ancestry.com] — Includes baptism, marriage, and burial records from Ste. Luce Parish
The Ste Luce Church Registers: The Fr. Henri Dionne years, 1843-1860 — Searchable online database of abstracts of births, marriages and burials of the Ste Luce church, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Frenchville
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Frenchville, Aroostook, Maine
Official Website: Town of Frenchville
The Upper St. John River Valley: Frenchville
Maine Memory Network: Frenchville
Bibliography
Guimond, Léon, comp., Mariages de Frenchville, Maine (Sainte-Luce), 1843-1970 (Sillery, Québec: B. Pontbriand, 1987) (also at Internet Archive)
Raymond, David R., A history of Sainte Luce Parish, Upper Frenchville - Frenchville, Maine, 1843-1993 ([S. l. : s. n.], c1993)
Underhill, Harold, and Emma (Martin) Underhill, A history of Frenchville ([Frenchville, Me.]: Published by the Frenchville Historical Society, 1994)
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