Readfield, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1791 from part of Winthrop
Boundary Changes
A gore called the Thirty-Mile Strip was annexed in 1809
Land was set off to Winthrop in 1810
Part of Wayne was annexed in 1821
Parts of Mount Vernon were annexed in 1825 and 1845, and land was set off to that town in 1845
Land was set off to form Kennebec (now Manchester) in 1850, additional land was set off to that town in 1852, and parts of Kennebec were annexed in 1852 and 1854
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Readfield (former post office), Hoyts (former railroad station), Kents Hill (Kent's Hill), Readfield (Readfield Corner), Readfield Depot
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Fayette, Manchester, Mount Vernon, Wayne, Winthrop
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Readfield
Church Records
Digital Maine: Readfield Books
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Readfield
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Readfield, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: Town of Readfield
Readfield Historical Society & Museum
Maine Memory Network: Readfield
Maine Memory Network: East Readfield
Maine Memory Network: Kents Hill
Bibliography
Caldwell, Merritt, An address delivered before the Readfield Temperance Society, at their first anniversary, July 4, 1832 (Hallowell, Me.: Advocate office, 1832)
Hunton, F. A., The Mt. Vernon and Readfield register, 1908 (Augusta, Me.: Mitchell-Cony Co., 1908)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, comp., The Readfield Register, 1903 (Kent's Hill [Me.] The author, 1903)
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