Bowerbank, Piscataquis County
County · Incorporated · Reorganized · Reincorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Piscataquis County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816, to Piscataquis County in 1838)
Incorporated
1839 as the town of Bowerbank; organization surrendered in 1869
Reorganized
1888 as Bowerbank Plantation; organization confirmed and made valid in 1895
Reincorporated
1907 as the town of Bowerbank
Previous Designations
Township No. 7, Eighth Range North of Waldo Patent (T7 R8 NWP)
Boundary Changes
Part of Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft) was annexed in 1818
Part of Sebec was annexed in 1927
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Benson (former railroad station), Bowerbank, Moores Camp (former railroad station)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Barnard Township, Dover-Foxcroft, T7 R9 NWP, Willimantic
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Bowerbank
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Bowerbank
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Bowerbank, Piscataquis, Maine
Official Website: Town of Bowerbank
Bibliography
Buzzell, Iris, John Arnold, and Leroy Gearl, Family histories of Atkinson, Sebec, Bowerbank and Dover-Foxcroft, Me. ([S.l.: s.n.], 1998)
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