Buxton, York County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Vital Records · Newspapers · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Incorporated
1772 from Narraganset No. 1 Plantation
Previous Designations
Narragansett Township No. 1
Boundary Changes
Land set off to Standish in 1824
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bar Mills, Buxton, Buxton Center, Chicopee, East Buxton, Emory Corner, Groveville, Haines Meadow (former post office), Kimbles Corner, Roberts Corner, Salmon Falls, South Buxton, Tory Hill, West Buxton
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Dayton, Gorham, Hollis, Saco, Scarborough, Standish
Maps
Church Records
Buxton Church of Christ Admissions, 1764-1818
Buxton Owners and Recognizers of Baptismal Covenant, 1763-1813
Buxton Church of Christ Baptisms, 1763-1819
Buxton Church of Christ Marriages, 1763-1819
The records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me., during the pastorate of Rev. Paul Coffin, D.D.
Vital Records
Buxton Church of Christ Baptisms, 1763-1819
Buxton Church of Christ Marriages, 1763-1819
Newspapers
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Buxton, York, Maine
Official Website: Town of Buxton
Bibliography
______, A report of the proceedings at the celebration of the first centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine, held at Buxton, Aug. 14, 1872: being a full account of the exercises of the day, historical address, oration, poem, toasts, and letters recieved relating thereto, with an appendix, containing geneological sketches of the pioneers of the town, and a list of the Revolutionary soldiers from Buxton, as far as can be ascertained (Portland Me.: Dresser, McLellan & Co., 1874)
______, The Records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me., During the Pastorate of Rev. Paul Coffin, D.D. (Cambridge, Mass.: Press of John Wilson & Son, 1868)
______, Records of the proprietors of Narraganset township, no. 1, now the town of Buxton, York county, Maine, from August 1st, 1733, to January 4th, 1811 with a documentary introduction by William F. Goodwin (Concord, N.H.: Priv. print., 1871)
______, The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine: held at Buxton Lower Corner, August 16, 1922: with additional history (Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1926)
Bailey, J. M., Genealogy of the Hobson family of Buxton, Maine (Saco, Me.: Noyes & Co., Steam Printers, 1875)
Coffin, Charles, "The Narragansett Townships," Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 2 (Portland, Me.: Published for the Society, 1847)
Coffin, Rev. Paul, "Memoir and Journals of Rev. Paul Coffin, D. D., of Buxton, Me.," Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 4 (Portland, Me.: Published for the Society, 1856)
Mitchell, H. E., The town register, Gorham and Buxton, 1905 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)
Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, Saco Valley settlements and families: historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary... (Portland, Me.: G.T. Ridlon, 1895)
Williams, Nathaniel West, An address, delivered at Buxton, Maine, in the Congregational meeting-house: being the first centennial celebration of the settlement of this town (Portland, Me.: Thurston & Co., 1850)
Woodman, Cyrus, The Woodmans of Buxton, Maine: a list of the children, and of the grandchildren and great grandchildren bearing the Woodman name, of Joseph, Joshua, and Nathan Woodman, who settled in Narraganset No. 1, now Buxton, Me.: preceded by a list and some account of the families of Benjamin, Joshua and Edward, from whom they were descended (Boston: unknown, 1874)
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