Maine Places

County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · Miscellaneous Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

York County

Incorporated

1787 from Massabesic Plantation as the town of Waterborough; name changed in 1895 to Waterboro

Previous Designations

Massabesic; includes part of the Fluellen Tract

Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Alfred in 1847, and to Shapleigh in 1854

Villages, Locations and Settlements

East Waterboro, North Waterboro, Ossipee Mills, South Waterboro (former post office at Waterboro), Waterboro, Waterboro Center

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Alfred, Hollis, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, Shapleigh

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Waterboro

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of York County

Waterboro Cemetery List (PDF)

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Waterboro

Miscellaneous Records

York County Proprietor's Record Book of Colonel Josiah Waters

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Waterboro, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Waterboro

Maine Memory Network: Waterboro

Bibliography

______, "Early vital records of Waterborough, Maine: from the original records in the custody of the town clerk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 90-91 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1936-37)

Duncan, Margaret, comp., "Maine Marriages Performed by Rev. Henry Leach," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 138 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1984) [Rev. Leach a resident of Waterborough (1820), Mercer (1830) Bloomfield (1840), and Smithfield (1850)]

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Alfred, Lyman, Dayton, Hollis and Waterboro, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., The H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)