Dead River Township, Somerset County
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County
Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)
Organized
1856 as Dead River Plantation; organized in 1865; petitions for organization as a plantation in 1873 and 1874; organization confirmed and made valid in 1895; organization surrendered in 1951
Previous Designations
Township No. 3, Third Range Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, West of Kennebec River (T3 R3 BKP WKR)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Dead River, Ledge House, Morgan Farm
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bigelow Township, Carrabassett Valley, Carrying Place Town Township, Flagstaff Township, T3 R4 BKP WKR, Wyman Township
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Dead River Township
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Dead River Plantation
Bibliography
______, There was a land --: memories of Flagstaff, Dead River and Bigelow ([S.l.]: Flagstaff Memorial Chapel Association, c1999 (Farmington, Me.: Letter Systems/Knowlton and McLeary))
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