Waterboro, York County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · Miscellaneous Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Incorporated
1787 from Massabesic Plantation as the town of Waterborough; name changed in 1895 to Waterboro
Previous Designations
Massabesic; includes part of the Fluellen Tract
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Alfred in 1847, and to Shapleigh in 1854
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Waterboro, North Waterboro, Ossipee Mills, South Waterboro (former post office at Waterboro), Waterboro, Waterboro Center
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Alfred, Hollis, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, Shapleigh
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Waterboro
Cemeteries
Waterboro Cemetery List (PDF)
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Waterboro
Miscellaneous Records
York County Proprietor's Record Book of Colonel Josiah Waters
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Waterboro, York, Maine
Official Website: Town of Waterboro
Maine Memory Network: Waterboro
Bibliography
______, "Early vital records of Waterborough, Maine: from the original records in the custody of the town clerk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 90-91 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1936-37)
Duncan, Margaret, comp., "Maine Marriages Performed by Rev. Henry Leach," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 138 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1984) [Rev. Leach a resident of Waterborough (1820), Mercer (1830) Bloomfield (1840), and Smithfield (1850)]
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Alfred, Lyman, Dayton, Hollis and Waterboro, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., The H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)
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