South Thomaston, Knox County
County · Incorporated · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Knox County (set off from Lincoln County in 1860)
Incorporated
1848 from part of Thomaston
Boundary Changes
Part of St. George was annexed in 1865
Land was set off to form Owls Head in 1921
Prominent Islands
Spruce Head Island (Sprucehead Island)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Pleasant Beach, South Thomaston, Waterman Beach
An area in this town was called Wessaweskeag, Weskeag, Keag, or Gig
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Cushing, Muscle Ridge Township, Owls Head, St. George, Thomaston
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: South Thomaston
Cemeteries
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: South Thomaston
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: South Thomaston, Knox, Maine
Official Website: Town of South Thomaston
Bibliography
Eaton, Cyrus, History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine: from their first exploration, A.D. 1605: with family genealogies, Vol. 1 (Vol. 2) (Hallowell, Me.: Masters, Smith & Co., printers, 1865)
Groves, Marlene A., comp., Vital records of South Thomaston, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2001)
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