Sherman, Aroostook County
County · Organized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1839)
Organized
1845 as Golden Ridge Plantation for election purposes, and again in 1860
Incorporated
1862
Previous Designations
Township No. 3, Fifth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State; (T3 R5 WELS); Golden Ridge
Boundary Changes
Part of Silver Ridge Plantation (now Silver Ridge Township) was annexed in 1870
Part of Crystal Plantation (now Crystal) was annexed in 1881
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Braggville (former post office at Sherman Station), Coral (former post office), East Sherman (former post office), Golden Ridge, Number Three (later West Sherman, a former post office), Patten Junction (former railroad station), Sherman Mills, Sherman Station, Woodbridge Corner
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Benedicta Township, Crystal, Silver Ridge Township, Stacyville, T3 R4 WELS
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Sherman
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Sherman
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Sherman, Aroostook, Maine
Maine Memory Network: Sherman Mills
Maine Memory Network: Golden Ridge
Bibliography
Spooner, May H., comp., Sherman, Maine in the Civil War (S.l. : s.n., [1927?])
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