Wayne, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1798 from New Sandwich Plantation
Previous Designations
Pocasset; New Sandwich
Boundary Changes
An adjacent gore was annexed in 1804
Parts of Leeds were annexed in 1810 and 1859
Land was set off to Winthrop in 1816, 1839, and 1852
Part of Livermore (part of what is now Livermore Falls) was annexed in 1821
Land was set off to Readfield in 1821
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Wayne, North Wayne
There once was a district in town called "Funnel City" [History of the town of Wayne (1898), p. 184]
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Fayette, Leeds, Livermore Falls, Monmouth, Readfield, Winthrop
Maps
Church Records
Records of the Baptist Church, Wayne, Maine, 1794 to 1845
Vital Records
Intentions of Marriage Registered in Wayne, 1802-1825
Intentions of Marriage Registered in Wayne, 1826-1850
Intentions of Marriage Registered in Wayne, 1851-1875
Intentions of Marriage Registered in Wayne, 1876-1897
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Wayne
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Wayne, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: Town of Wayne
Bibliography
Groves, Marlene A., comp., Vital records of Wayne, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2008)
Leadbetter, C. F., et al., History of the town of Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine: from its settlement to 1898 (Augusta Me.: Maine Farmer Pub. Co., 1898)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register, Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene: 1905 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)
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