Avon, Franklin County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Vital Records · 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 Somerset County in 1809, to Franklin County in 1838)
Incorporated
1802
Previous Designations
Sandy River Upper Township; Thompsontown; Uppertown; Township No. 2 Abbot's Purchase (T2 AP)
Boundary Changes
Part was set off to Strong in 1853
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Avon, Avon Corner, Wills Crossing (former railroad station)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Freeman Township, Phillips, Strong, Temple, Weld
Maps
Cemeteries
Vital Records
Marriages by Rev. Nehemiah Hunt of Wilton and Avon, 1815-1850
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Avon
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Avon, Franklin, Maine
Bibliography
______, Inventory of the town and city archives of Maine: no. 4 Franklin County, vols. I & II: Avon and Berlin (Portland, Me.: The Project, 1939)
Porter, Nancy, comp., Town of Avon, Franklin County, Maine: marriages and intentions 1832 to 1891 (West Farmington, Me.: Nancy Porter, 1991)
Sedgley, George Burbank, The ancestry and posterity of Joshua Dow of Avon, Maine (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1938)
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