Maine Places

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County

Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)

Incorporated

1804

Previous Designations

Peabody's Patent; Peabody's Grant

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Gilead

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Batchelders Grant, Bethel, Mason Township, Newry, Riley Township, Shelburne (N.H.)

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Gilead

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Gilead

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Gilead, Oxford, Maine

Gilead Historical Society

Gilead: Exploring Its Past

Bibliography

______, The Town Register: Bethel, Greenwood, Hanover, Woodstock, Gilead (Brunswick, Me.: The Maine Map & Register Co., 1911)

Chapman, George Whitefield, Brief History of Gilead, and prose and poetic writings (Portland, Me.: 1867)

Reiche, Howard C., The Smile of Providence: a History of Gilead, Maine, 1804-2004 (Falmouth, Me.: Long Point Press, 2004)

Wight, D. B., The Androscoggin River Valley, Gateway to the White Mountains (Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co. , 1967)

Wight, D. B., The Wild River Wilderness (Littleton, N.H.: Courier Print. Co., 1971)