Standish, Cumberland County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Vital Records · Military Records · Newspapers · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)
Incorporated
1785 from Pearsontown Plantation
Previous Designations
Hobbstown; Pearsontown; Piersontown
Boundary Changes
Part of Buxton was annexed in 1824
Land was set off to Gorham in 1831 and 1839, and to Raymond in 1869
Frye Island was set off and incorporated in 1998
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bonny Eagle, Dow Corner, East Standish (later Whiterock, a former post office), Elmwood, Harmon Beach, Higgins Corner, Richville, Sebago Lake, South Standish, Standish (Standish Corner), Standish Neck, Steep Falls, Two Trails, Wards Cove, Whites Bridge
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Baldwin, Buxton, Frye Island, Gorham, Hollis, Limington, Sebago, Windham
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Standish
Cemeteries
Church Records
Standish, Maine. Church of Christ Records, 1768-1870
Vital Records
Standish Church Marriage Records, 1796-1859
Births in Standish, 1897-1902, 1904-1944
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Standish
Newspapers
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Standish, Cumberland, Maine
Official Website: Town of Standish
Maine Memory Network: Standish
Bibliography
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836 : wife of Joseph Waterhouse of Standish, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Stanhope Press, 1924)
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Joseph Waterhouse, 1754-1837, of Standish, Maine (Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1949)
Jones, Herbert G., Sebago Lake Land in History, Legend & Romance; (1949)
Maxwell, Grace Blake, comp., Vital records of Standish, Maine (Hallowell, Me.: G. B. Maxwell, [19--])
Merrill, Virginia T., comp., Surname index to early families of Standish, Maine by Albert J. Sears ( Solon, Me.: V.T. Merrill, [1996?)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Standish, Baldwin, Cornish, Limerick, Limington, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., The 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)
Sears, Albert J., Early families of Standish, Maine (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1991)
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