County

Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)

 Incorporated

1797 as Harrington from part of Hallowell; name changed to Augusta the same year

 Incorporated as a City

1849

 Previous Designations

Cushnoc (Cushena, Cushanna, Cushenac, etc.); Part of the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase)

 Boundary Changes

Parts set off to Winthrop in 1810, and to Hallowell in 1812, 1813, and 1852

Land was set off to form the town of Kennebec (later Manchester) in 1850

A strip of land from Manchester was annexed in 1856

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Augusta, Bolton (former post office), Coombs Mills (Coombs' Mills), Hallowell Court House (former post office), Kennebec (former railroad station), North Augusta

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Chelsea, China, Hallowell, Manchester, Sidney, Vassalboro, Whitefield, Windsor

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Augusta, Maine

Settlers' Map of Augusta

Map of Vicinity of Fort Western, 1775

Map of Augusta, 1851

Bird's-Eye View of Augusta, 1878

Map of Augusta, 1885

City of Augusta, Kennebec Co. (1894)

Street Map of Augusta, 1938

 Newspapers

Kennebec Journal

Kennebec Journal (historical issues) [Ancestry.com]

Daily Kennebec Journal (historical issues) [Ancestry.com]

Obituary Collection: The Kennebec Journal [Ancestry.com]

 Directories

Augusta Area, Maine Directory, 1882 [Ancestry.com] — Directory listing more than 6,200 names for the cities of Augusta, Gardiner and Hallowell, Maine in 1882

 Miscellaneous Resources

Maine Town Reports: Augusta

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Augusta, Kennebec, Maine

Official Website: City of Augusta

MEGenWeb Project: Augusta

Maine Memory Network: Augusta

Augusta Cemetery History

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______, Leading business men of Lewiston, Augusta and vicinity: embracing also, Auburn, Gardiner, Waterville, Oakland, Dexter, Fairfield, Skowhegan, Hallowell, Richmond, Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Canton, Buckfield, Mechanic Falls, South Paris, Norway, Farmington and Winthrop with an historical sketch of each place, illustrated (Boston: Mercantile Pub. Co., 1889, c1888)

______, The romance of Augusta 1797-1947 ([Augusta, Me.: The Augusta Press, 1947)

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Dow, George Francis, Fort Western on the Kennebec: the story of its construction in 1754 and what has happened there (Augusta, Me.: Gannett Pub. Co., 1922)

Jones, Herbert G., Koussinoc, the Indian trading post [Ancestry.com] (unknown: unknown, 1938)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Augustine, Augusta, Me. (1888-1981) (Lewiston, Me.: Y. Labonte, 1983)

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