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County

Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)

Incorporated

1813 from part of Lovell

Previous Designations

The southerly part of New Suncook Plantation; a plan that accompanied the petition for division in 1813 labeled the tract "Southland"

Villages, Locations and Settlements

East Sweden, Sweden

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Bridgton, Fryeburg, Lovell, Waterford

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Sweden

Military Resources

Sweden Civil War Soldiers

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Sweden, Oxford, Maine

Bibliography

Mitchell, Harry Edward, The Town Register: Fryeburg, Lovell, Sweden, Stow and Chatham (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1907)

Nevers, Samuel, Memoir of Col. Samuel Nevers, late of Sweden (Norway, Me.: Press of George W. Millett, 1858)

Richards, Philip W., Sweden, Maine: the Early Years (Denmark, Me.: Cardinal Printing Co., c1986)

Richards, Philip W., Sweden, Maine History: Volume Two, Adversity and Determination (Denmark, Me.: Cardinal Printing Co., c1989)