Maine Places

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Pownal, Cumberland County

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County

Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)


Incorporated

1808 from part of Freeport


Boundary Changes

Part of North Yarmouth was annexed in 1813, and land was set off to that town in 1816

The town's boundary with Durham was redefined in 1999


Villages, Locations and Settlements

North Pownal, Pownal Center (Pownal), West Pownal


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Durham, Freeport, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Yarmouth


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Pownal


Church Records

Church records, 1847-1865, First Freewill Baptist Church, Pownal, Maine


Miscellaneous Resources

Direct U.S. Tax List, Pownal, 1821

Pownal, Maine Road Tax 1823-5 from the Pownal Tax Book(PDF)


Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Pownal


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Pownal, Cumberland, Maine

Official Website: Town of Pownal

Maine Memory Network: Pownal


Bibliography

______, Old Times in North Yarmouth, Maine (vols. 1-2) (Yarmouth, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1877-78)

______, Old Times in North Yarmouth, Maine (vols. 3-4) (Yarmouth, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1879-80)

______, Old Times in North Yarmouth, Maine (vols. 5-6) (Yarmouth, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1881-82)

______, Old Times in North Yarmouth, Maine (vols. 7-8) (Yarmouth, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1883-85)

______, The Westcustogo chronicle (vol. 1, no. 1) (Yarmouth, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1885)

______, Portland Suburban Directory, 1925-26: Including the towns of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gray, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Scarborough, Yarmouth (Portland, Me.: Crowley & Lunt, 1925)

______, Portland Suburban Directory, 1942-43: Including the towns of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gray, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Scarborough, Yarmouth (Portland, Me.: Crowley & Lunt, 1942)

Latham, Ettie J., History of the Town of Pownal: written for its centennial, Sept. 2, 1908 (Yarmouth, Me.: A.F. Tilton, Printer, 1908?

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