Carthage, Franklin County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Franklin County (set off from Cumberland County to Oxford County in 1805, to Franklin County in 1838)
Incorporated
1826 from Plantation No. 4
Previous Designations
Township No. 4 Abbot's Purchase (T4 AP)
Boundary Changes
The eastern part of town was set off to form Plantation Number Four in 1849; from that plantation, land was set off in 1858 to form Perkins Plantation (deorganized in 1901), the remainder (since deorganized) taking the name Washington Plantation in 1860
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Berry Mills (Berry's Mills), Carthage, South Carthage (former post office), Tainter Corner
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Dixfield, Mexico, Perkins Township, Roxbury, Washington Township, Weld, Wilton
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Carthage
Cemeteries
Miscellaneous Resources
History of the Weld and Carthage Baptist Church
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Carthage
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Carthage, Franklin, Maine
Bibliography
Campbell, N. H., "Carthage is nearly 130 years of age," Franklin Journal, 5 Feb. 1932
Winter, Frank, Ancestors and descendants of Benjamin Winter of Carthage, Franklin County, Maine (Typescript, 1972)
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