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County
Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)
Organized
1852 as Moose River Plantation for election purposes, together with Sandy River Township and T4 R2 NBKP (now Moose River)
Reorganized
1859 as Jackmantown Plantation, multiple-township plantations having been abolished; reorganized for election purposes as Jackman in 1894; successor to the former plantation organized and the organization confirmed and made valid in 1895
Previous Designations
Township No. 4, First Range North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (T4 R1 NBKP)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Blair (former railroad station), Jackman, Jackman Station (former railroad station and post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Attean Township, Bradstreet Township, Long Pond Township, Moose River, Parlin Pond Township
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Jackman
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Jackman Plantation
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Jackman, Somerset, Maine
Official Website: Town of Jackman
Jackman - Moose River Historical Society
Bibliography
______, The history of Moose River Valley: Jackman, Moose River, Dennistown, Long Pond, Parlin Pond, Holeb, Skinner and Lowelltown ([Jackman, Maine]: Jackman Bicentennial Book Committee, [1976])
Labonté, Youville, comp., Births (1852-1925): marriages of St. Anthony, Jackman, ME (1892-1980) and of St. Sebastian, Madison, ME (1900-1980) (Auburn, Me.: Y. Labonte, [1982])
Sprague, John Francis, "Jackman and the Moose River Region (Somerset County, Maine)," Sprague's Journal of Maine History, vol. 3, No. 2 (July 1915)
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