Hartford, Oxford County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Oxford County (set off from Cumberland County in 1805)
Incorporated
1798 from East Butterfield Plantation
Previous Designations
The easterly parts of Townships No. 6 and No. 7; East Butterfield
Boundary Changes
Part of Plantation No. One (now Peru) was annexed in 1807
The north lot of Chandler's Gore, lying east of the town, was annexed in 1834, the remainder by Livermore
Land was set off to Canton in 1838, 1839, and 1850
Eight estates in the southeast part of town called "the Gore" were set off to Buckfield in 1856
Land was set off to Buckfield in 1862
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Hartford, Hartford (Hartford Center), North Hartford, South Hartford
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Buckfield, Canton, Livermore, Peru, Sumner, Turner
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Hartford
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Hartford
Vital Records
Hartford Vital Records, 1906-07
Hartford Vital Records, 1907-08
Hartford Vital Records, 1908-09
Hartford Vital Records, 1909-10
Hartford Vital Records, 1910-11
Hartford Vital Records, 1911-12
Hartford Vital Records, 1912-13
Hartford Vital Records, 1913-14
Miscellaneous Resources
History of the Sumner and Hartford Baptist Church
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Hartford, Oxford, Maine
Official Website: Town of Hartford
Maine Memory Network: Hartford
Bibliography
______, Centennial History of the Town of Sumner, Me., 1798-1898 (West Sumner Me.: C.E. Handy, Jr., 1899)
Covell, Clara Eudora, History of Dunham Family, Hartford, Maine, formerly of Carver, Massachusetts
Foster, Angela, comp., Vital Records of Hartford, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2004)
Libby, Wilbur A., Hartford, Maine History (1985)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, The Mexico, Peru and Hartford Town Register, 1905 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)
Parsons, Mrs. Harold E., A Brief History of the Town of Hartford, Maine (Hartford, Me., 1974)
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