Van Buren, Aroostook County
County · Organized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Aroostook County (set off from Washington County in 1839)
Organized
1843 as Van Buren Plantation for election purposes; organized for election purposes in 1857 and 1859; plantation legalized in 1867 and 1874, and the organization confirmed and made valid in 1870
Incorporated
1881
Previous Designations
Township Letter M, Second Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (TM R2 WELS)
Boundary Changes
Part of Hamlin Plantation (now Hamlin) was annexed in 1907
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Canadian Junction (former railroad station), Caniba Mill, Chapel Eddy (former railroad station), Hammonds Hill (former railroad station), Keegan, Martins Siding, Parent (former railroad station), Upper Van Buren (former post office), Van Buren, Van Buren Mill (former railroad station), Violette
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Cyr Plantation, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Saint-Léonard (N.B.), Sainte-Anne (N.B.), T17 R3 WELS
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Van Buren
Church Records
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954 [Ancestry.com] — Includes baptism, marriage, and burial records from St. Bruno Parish
1872 Census of St. Bruno Parish, Van Buren, Aroostook Co., Maine
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Van Buren
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine
Official Website: Town of Van Buren
The Upper St. John River Valley: Van Buren
Maine Memory Network: Van Buren
Bibliography
Grindle, Roger L., Milestones from the Saint John Valley : (the turn of the century) ([Fort Kent, Me. : s.n.], 1977)
Pelletier, Martine A., comp., People and places of Van Buren in the early 1900's ([S.l. : The Author], 1976)
Pelletier, Martine A., and Monica Dionne Ferreti, Van Buren history (Madawaska, Me. : St. John Valley Pub. Co., c1979)
Pelletier, Martine A., comp., Van Buren Centennial : 1881-1981 ([Madawaska, Me. : St. John Valley Pub. Co., c1981])
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