County
York County
Incorporated
1830 from part of Shapleigh
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Shapleigh in 1831
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Acton, Miller Corner, North Acton (former post office), Shapleigh Corner (former post office at Acton), South Acton
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Lebanon, Milton (N.H.), Newfield, Sanford, Shapleigh, Wakefield (N.H.)
Cemeteries
Cemeteries of York County
Maps
Historical USGS Maps of Acton, Maine
Vital Records
Early Casualties in Acton
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Acton, York, Maine
Official Website: Town of Acton
Maine Memory Network: Acton
Bibliography
Boyle, Frederick R., Early families of Shapleigh and Acton, Maine (Portsmouth, N.H.: P.E. Randall, 2002)
Foster, Angela, comp., Acton, ME: town vital records, 1797-1893 (Waterville, Me.: A. Foster/World Genealogy Project, 2002)
Fullonton, Joseph, The history of Acton, Me. (Dover, N. H.: W. Burr, printer, 1847)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Acton, Shapleigh, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Lebanon, 1907 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell co., 1907)