Maine Places

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

County

Oxford County (set off from Cumberland County and York County in 1805)

Incorporated

1797 from Waterford Plantation

Previous Designations

Old No. 5

Boundary Changes

Part of Albany (now Albany Township) was annexed in 1811

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Bisbeetown, East Waterford (formerly Rice's Junction, Rices Junction), Sodom (formerly Frost Corner), North Waterford, South Waterford (formerly Waterford City), Waterford (Waterford Flat)

The northern part of town was once called "Rowley"

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Albany Township, Bridgton, Harrison, Lovell, Norway, Stoneham, Sweden

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Waterford

Daniel Chaplin Map of North Waterford, Maine

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Waterford

Waterford Civil War Soldiers

Miscellaneous Resources

Waterford Taxpayers, 1797 & 1875

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Waterford, Oxford, Maine

Official Website: Town of Waterford

Maine Memory Network: Waterford

Maine Memory Network: E. Waterford

Maine Memory Network: N.Waterford

Waterford, Maine: Pictures and Documents

Bibliography

Gage, Thomas Hovey, Jr., editor, Notes on the History of Waterford, Maine (Worcester, Mass.: unknown, 1913)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, and B. V. Davis, comp., 1906 Town Register: Greenwood, Albany, Waterford, and East Stoneham (Brunswick, Me.: H. E. Mitchell Co., 1906)

Warren, Henry P., Rev. William Warren, and Samuel Warren, The history of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, comprising Historical address, by Henry P. Warren; record of families, by Rev. William Warren, D.D.; centennial proceedings, by Samuel Warren (Portland Me.: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879)

Wentworth, Bertram F. ,ed., Waterford, Maine, 1875-1976 (Waterford Historical Society, c1977)