Pittston, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1779 from Gardinerston Plantation
Previous Designations
Part of the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase)
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Gardiner in 1803
Part of Hallowell was annexed in 1844, and part of Chelsea in 1855
Land was set off to form West Pittston (now Randolph) in 1887
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bailey Corner, East Pittston, North Pittston, Pittston
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Alna, Chelsea, Dresden, Gardiner, Randolph, Richmond, Whitefield
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Pittston
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Pittston
Miscellaneous Resources
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: Town of Pittston
Maine Memory Network: Pittston
Bibliography
Hanson, J. W., History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner: with a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families (Gardiner, Me.: W. Palmer, 1852)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register, 1903-4: Pittston, Chelsea, Randolph (Kent's Hill, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Pub. Co., 1904)
Webster, Henry Sewall, Land titles in old Pittston (Gardiner, Me.: Reporter-Journal Press, 1912)
Webster, Henry Sewall, ed., Vital records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892 (Gardiner, Me.: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1911)
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