Maine Places

Resource Guide

Weld, Franklin County

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County

Franklin County (set off from Cumberland County to Oxford County in 1805, to Franklin County in 1838)


Incorporated

1816 from Webb Pond Plantation


Previous Designations

Township No. 5 Abbot's Purchase (T5 AP); Webb Pond; Webb's Pond; Webb


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Blamey Corners, Chase Corner, Webb (former post office), Weld, Weld Corner, Westbrook


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Avon, Carthage, Phillips, Perkins Township, Township 6 North of Weld, Temple


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Weld


Cemeteries

A Few Cemeteries in Maine


Miscellaneous Resources

History of the Weld and Carthage Baptist Church


Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Weld


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Weld, Franklin, Maine

Official Website: Town of Weld


Bibliography

______, "The History of the Town of Weld, Just a Century Old," Lewiston Saturday Journal, 26 Aug. 1916

______, Weld Sesquicentennial, 1816-1966 ([S.l.: s.n., 1966])

______, A history of Weld, Maine ([Weld, Me.?] Weld Historical Society, 1983)

______, I remember when-- a Weld family album: a celebration in pictures of the town of Weld, Maine (Weld, Me.: Weld Historical Society, 1993)

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