Hallowell, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Newspapers · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1771
Incorporated as a City
1852
Previous Designations
Part of the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase); Hallowell Hook; The Hook
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form Harrington (now Augusta) in 1797
Parts of Augusta were annexed in 1812, 1813, and 1852
Parts of Winthrop were annexed in 1813
Land was set off to Gardiner in 1834, Pittston in 1844
Land was set off to form Chelsea and Kennebec (now Manchester) in 1850
Land was set off to form Farmingdale in 1852
Parts of Manchester were annexed in 1860 and 1870
Land was set off to Manchester in 1870
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bodwell Falls (former post office), Hallowell, New France
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Manchester
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Hallowell
Newspapers
Maine Newspapers at Internet Archive — Search Maine Farmer (1833-1900)
Vital Records
Hallowell Marriage Intentions, 1772-1798
Hallowell Marriages, 1763-1797
Miscellaneous Resources
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Hallowell
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: City of Hallowell
Digital Maine: Hallowell Collections
Maine Memory Network: Hallowell
Bibliography
______, Directory of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing establishments ... in the cities of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner for 1882 (Augusta, [Me.]: J.F. Pierce, 1882)
______, City hall dedication and Hallowell reunion: with oration, poem, letters, and register of visitors: Wednesday, July 12, 1899 (Hallowell Me.: Register Press, 1899)
______, Leading business men of Lewiston, Augusta and vicinity: embracing also, Auburn, Gardiner, Waterville, Oakland, Dexter, Fairfield, Skowhegan, Hallowell, Richmond, Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Canton, Buckfield, Mechanic Falls, South Paris, Norway, Farmington and Winthrop with an historical sketch of each place, illustrated (Boston: Mercantile Pub. Co., 1889, c1888)
Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, Me.: Maine Historical Society, 1924)
Haskell, Jessica J., and Charles D. Thompson, comp., Hallowell, Maine history, tax list, 1850 census, marriage intentions, family history: from newspaper columns by Jessica J. Haskell published in Daily eastern Argus, 1916-1917 (Sarasota, FL: Aceto Bookmen, 1995)
Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 3 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1892)
Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 4 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1893)
Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 5 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1894)
Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 6 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1895)
Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 7 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1896)
Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 8 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1897)
Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 9 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1898)
Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 10 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1899)
Nash, Charles Elventon, The history of Augusta; first settlements and early days as a town, including the diary of Mrs. Martha Moore Ballard, 1785 to 1812 (Augusta, Me., Charles E. Nash & Son, 1904 [i.e. 1961])
Nason, Emma Huntington, Old Hallowell on the Kennebec (Augusta, Me.: [Press of Burleigh & Flynn], 1909)
Snell, Katherine H., Historic Hallowell ([Augusta, Me.] Printed by Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1962)
White, Charles Abner, List of marriages performed while minister of Congregational churches in Hallowell and Mechanic Falls, Maine ([Maine: s.n.], 1887)
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