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County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)
Incorporated
1804
Previous Designations
Township No. 2, Second Range North of Plymouth Claim, East of Kennebec River (T2 R2 NPC EKR); Berwick Academy Grant; Kinsmantown
Boundary Changes
Part of Hartland was annexed in 1821
Parts of Brighton Plantation (then the town of Brighton) were annexed in 1838 and 1862
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Athens, Corsons Corner, West Athens
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Brighton Plantation, Cornville, Harmony, Hartland, Solon
Maps
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Athens, Somerset, Maine
Bibliography
______, The East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912 (Auburn, Me.: Chatto & Turner, 1912)
______, A historical sketch of Athens, Maine: commemorative of its sesquicentennial July 2-5, 1804-1954 ([Athens, Me.]: Published by the Athens Victory Club, 1954 (Skowhegan, Me.: The Skowhegan Press))
Prince, Elaine Bush, comp., Cemeteries in Athens, Somerset Co., Maine (Framingham, Mass.: E.B. Prince, c1985)
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