Maine Places

County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Franklin County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799 (declared part of Kennebec County in 1805), to Franklin County in 1838)

Incorporated

1803 from Abbotstown Plantation

Previous Designations

Township No. 1 Abbot's Purchase (T1 AP); Abbotstown

Boundary Changes

Part of Wilton was annexed in 1831

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Temple, Temple Intervale, Temple Mills (former post office at Temple)

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Avon, Farmington, Strong, Perkins Township, Washington Township, Weld, Wilton

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Temple

Cemeteries

A Few Cemeteries in Maine

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Temple

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Temple, Franklin, Maine

Bibliography

Pierce, Richard Donald, A History of Temple, Maine: Its Rise and Decline (Boston, Mass., 1946)

Russell, Francis H., The ancestors and descendants of James Russell of Temple, Maine (Turner, Me., 1968)