Maine Places

County · Incorporated · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Cemeteries · Maps · Vital Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

York County

Incorporated

1830 from part of Shapleigh

Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Shapleigh in 1831

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Acton, Miller Corner, North Acton (former post office), Shapleigh Corner (former post office at Acton), South Acton

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Lebanon, Milton (N.H.), Newfield, Sanford, Shapleigh, Wakefield (N.H.)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of York County

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Acton

Vital Records

Early Casualties in Acton

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Acton, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Acton

Maine Memory Network: Acton

Bibliography

Boyle, Frederick R., Early families of Shapleigh and Acton, Maine (Portsmouth, N.H.: P.E. Randall, 2002)

Foster, Angela, comp., Vital records of Acton, Maine, 1830-1893 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2003)

Fullonton, Joseph, The history of Acton, Me. (Dover, N. H.: W. Burr, printer, 1847)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Acton, Shapleigh, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Lebanon, 1907 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell co., 1907)