Alexander, Washington County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Washington County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)
Incorporated
1825
Previous Designations
Township No. 16 Eastern Division, Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (T16 ED BPP)
Boundary Changes
Part of Cooper was annexed in 1838
Land was set off to Crawford in 1859
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Alexander, Cedar, Lane's Brook (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Baileyville, Baring Plantation, Cooper, Crawford, Meddybemps, Princeton, Number 21 Township
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Alexander
Rufus Putnam's 1786 Plan of Alexander
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Alexander, Washington, Maine
Alexander-Crawford Historical Society
Maine Memory Network: Alexander
Bibliography
______, Alexander-Crawford Historical Society newsletter (Alexander, Me.: The Society)
Dwelley, Ruth, History of Alexander
Howland, Sharon D., comp., Vital records of Alexander, Washington County, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1999)
Moody, George R., comp., Directory of Alexander, Meddybemps and part of Cooper (Maine: s.n., 1896])
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