County

Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)

 Incorporated

1789 from part of North Yarmouth and a tract known as Prout's Gore lying between Brunswick and North Yarmouth

 Previous Designations

Harraseeket (Aresiket, Arisicket, Harriseket, Harricissecke, etc.)

 Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Brunswick in 1790, 1833, 1839, and 1850

Land was set off to form Pownal in 1808

 Prominent Islands

Bustins Island (formerly Bibbers Island)

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Cushing Briggs, Flying Point, Freeport, Mast Landing, Pleasant Hill, Porter Landing (Porters Landing), Seekit (former post office on Bustins Island), South Freeport, Todds Corners, Wardtown

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Brunswick, Chebeague Island, Durham, Harpswell, Pownal, Yarmouth

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Freeport, Maine

Casco Bay from Broad Sound to Cape Elizabeth Light (1885)

Casco Bay from Broad Sound to Cape Elizabeth Light (1894)

 Vital Records

Freeport Publishments, 1789-1801

 Miscellaneous Resources

Freeport Town Officers, 1789-1940

Freeport Road Tax List By District for Year 1812 (pdf)

Freeport Road Tax List By District for Year 1813 (pdf)

Freeport Road Tax List By District for Year 1814 (pdf)

 Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Freeport

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Freeport, Cumberland, Maine

Official Website: Town of Freeport

Maine Memory Network: Freeport

 Bibliography

______, Old Times [later The Westcustogo Chronicle]: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth, all offshoots of the old town: also genealogical records of the principal families in each town (vols. 1-2) (Yarmouthville, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1877-78)

______, Old Times [later The Westcustogo Chronicle]: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth, all offshoots of the old town: also genealogical records of the principal families in each town (vols. 3-4) (Yarmouthville, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1879-80)

______, Old Times [later The Westcustogo Chronicle]: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth, all offshoots of the old town: also genealogical records of the principal families in each town (vols. 5-8) (Yarmouthville, Me.: A.W. Corliss, 1881-85)

______, 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)

______, East suburban directory: for Falmouth, Cumberland, Chebeague Island, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth and Freeport, 1906-7 (Portland, Me.: Clark-Delano Co., 1906)

______, Portland Suburban Directory, 1925-26: Including the towns of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gray, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Scarborough, Yarmouth (Portland, Me.: Crowley & Lunt, 1925)

______, Portland Suburban Directory, 1942-43: Including the towns of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Gray, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Scarborough, Yarmouth (Portland, Me.: Crowley & Lunt, 1942)

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