Kennebunkport, York County
County · Incorporated · Reincorporated · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · Newspapers · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Incorporated
1653 as Cape Porpus (Cape Porpoise); the town was deserted in 1790
Reincorporated
1719 as the town of Arundel; name changed in 1821 to Kennebunkport
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form North Kennebunkport (now Arundel) in 1915
Prominent Islands
Stage Island, Timber Island, Trott Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Adams Corner, Arundel (Town House Corners), Beachwood (former post office), Beacon Corner, Cape Porpoise, Clock Farm Corner, Crescent Surf (former post office), Goose Rocks Beach (Gooserock), Kennebunkport, Millers Crossing, Turbats Creek, Wildes District
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Kennebunkport
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Kennebunkport
Newspapers
Miscellaneous Resources
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Kennebunkport, York, Maine
Official Website: Town of Kennebunkport
Digital Maine: Kennebunkport Books
Kennebunkport Historical Society
My Kennebunks: History and Genealogy Resources for Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel Research
Maine Memory Network: Kennebunkport
Bibliography
Beckford, William Hale, Leading business men of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk and Old Orchard beach, with an historical sketch of each place (Boston, Mass.: Mercantile Publishing Co., 1888)
Bradbury, Charles, History of Kennebunk Port: from its first discovery by Bartholomew Gosnold, May 14, 1602, to A.D. 1837 (Kennebunk: Printed by J.K. Remich, 1837)
Craig, Mrs. Frank Bailey Parsons, comp., "A Book of the Records of the Church of Christ (now First Congregational) in Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 107-108 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1953-54)
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of James Patten, 1747?-1817, of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine (Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1941)
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine (Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927)
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Sarah Miller, 1755-1840 : wife of Lieut. Amos Towne of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine (Portland, Me.: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939)
Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Sarah Stone : wife of James Patten of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine (Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1930).
Knight, Henry F., "Cape Porpoise, Old and New," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 6 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1895)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Kennebunkport register, 1904 (Brunswick,Me., H. E. Mitchell Co., 1904)
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