Palmyra, Somerset County
County · Incorporated · Prior Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)
Incorporated
1807
Prior Designations
Township No. 5, Third Range North of Waldo Patent (T5 R3 NWP); Sheppardstown
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Warsaw (now Pittsfield) in 1824, and additional land was set off to that town in 1828
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bog Corner, Dogtown, Goodwin Corner, Hurd Corner, Marsh Corner, Miles Corner, Miller Corner, Palmyra, Sanborn Corner, Thompson, West Palmyra
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Detroit, Hartland, Newport, Pittsfield, Plymouth, St. Albans
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Palmyra
Vital Records
Palmyra, Maine Township Records
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Palmyra
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Palmyra, Somerset, Maine
Official Website: Town of Palmyra
Bibliography
______, The East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912 (Auburn, Me.: Chatto & Turner, 1912)
______, Sesquicentennial Palmyra, Maine 1807-1957 ([Pittsfield, Me.]: Press of Pittsfield Advertiser, 1957)
______, Palmyra 175th anniversary 1807-1982 ([Palmyra, Me.: Town of Palmyra], 1982)
Fish, John L., "Coming of Early Settlers to Palmyra," Lewiston Journal Magazine Section, 12 and 19 Feb. 1927
Ireland, Genevieve Rogers Weeks, A compilation of data on the early history and people of Palmyra, Maine (Shrewsbury, Mass.: G. R. W. Ireland, 1980, [c1981])
Knowles, Ruth M., Warren's four towns: St. Albans, Hartland, Palmyra, Corinna ([St. Albans, Me.]: R.M. Knowles, c1988)
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