Bridgton, Cumberland County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Census Records · Maps · Military Records · Newspapers · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)
Incorporated
1794 from Bridgton Plantation
Previous Designations
Pondicherry; sometimes given in early records as "Bridgeton," or "Bridgetown"
Boundary Changes
Harrison was set off in 1805
Land was set off to form Naples in 1834
Part of Denmark was annexed in 1842
An area known as "Texas" was annexed from Fryeburg and Denmark in 1847
Land was set off to Naples in 1856, and to Harrison in 1866 and 1877
This town's boundary with Harrison was redefined in 2003 as the center of Long Lake
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bridgton, Ingalls (Ingalls Hill), New Limington, North Bridgton, Pumpkin Valley, Sandy Creek (Pinhook), South Bridgton, The Ridge, West Bridgton
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Denmark, Fryeburg, Harrison, Naples, Sebago, Sweden, Waterford
Census Records
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Bridgton
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Bridgton
Newspapers
Maine Obituaries: The Bridgton News
Bridgton Newspapers — from the Digital Archives of Bridgton Public Library
The Bridgton Reporter (1858-1863)
Vital Records
Miscellaneous Resources
Annual Report for the Town of Bridgton, Maine, 1902-03
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine
Official Website: Town of Bridgton
Maine Memory Network: Bridgton
Bibliography
______, 1929-1930 directory of Bridgton, Casco, Harrison, Naples and Raymond : combining four separate and distinct directories (Portland, Me. : Fred L. Tower, 1929)
Bateman, Luther C., "How Bridgton Grew Up," Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 15 Oct. 1910
Bateman, Lucius C., South Bridgton the Historic Section of Town," Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 2 Mar. 1912
Ellis, Milton, John Chaplin (1758-1837) of Rowley, Mass. and Bridgton, Me. : his ancestry and decendants [sic] (Westbrook, Me.: H.S. Cobb Print. Co., 1949)
Jones, Herbert G., Sebago Lake Land in History, Legend & Romance; (1949)
Mitchell, H. E., et al., comp., The Bridgton Town Register, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., 1904)
Stevens, Lewis, comp., Vital records of Bridgton, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2007)
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