Maine Places

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County

Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)

Incorporated

1771

Incorporated as a City

1852

Previous Designations

Part of the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase); Hallowell Hook; The Hook

Boundary Changes

Land was set off to form Harrington (now Augusta) in 1797

Parts of Augusta were annexed in 1812, 1813, and 1852

Parts of Winthrop were annexed in 1813

Land was set off to Gardiner in 1834, Pittston in 1844

Land was set off to form Chelsea and Kennebec (now Manchester) in 1850

Land was set off to form Farmingdale in 1852

Parts of Manchester were annexed in 1860 and 1870

Land was set off to Manchester in 1870

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Bodwell Falls (former post office), Hallowell, New France

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Manchester

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Hallowell

Newspapers

Maine Newspapers at Internet Archive — Search Maine Farmer (1833-1900)

Vital Records

Hallowell Marriage Intentions, 1772-1798

Hallowell Marriages, 1763-1797

Miscellaneous Resources

Maine Town Reports: Hallowell

Martha Ballard's Diary Online

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Hallowell

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine

Official Website: City of Hallowell

Digital Maine: Hallowell Collections

Maine Memory Network: Hallowell

Bibliography

______, Directory of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing establishments ... in the cities of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner for 1882 (Augusta, [Me.]: J.F. Pierce, 1882)

______, City hall dedication and Hallowell reunion: with oration, poem, letters, and register of visitors: Wednesday, July 12, 1899 (Hallowell Me.: Register Press, 1899)

______, 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)

Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, Me.: Maine Historical Society, 1924)

Haskell, Jessica J., and Charles D. Thompson, comp., Hallowell, Maine history, tax list, 1850 census, marriage intentions, family history: from newspaper columns by Jessica J. Haskell published in Daily eastern Argus, 1916-1917 (Sarasota, FL: Aceto Bookmen, 1995)

Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 3 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1892)

Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 4 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1893)

Lapham, William B., "Births from Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 5 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1894)

Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 6 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1895)

Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 7 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1896)

Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 8 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1897)

Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 9 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1898)

Lapham, William B., "Hallowell Records (continued)," Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, Vol. 10 (Portland, Me.: The Society, 1899)

Nash, Charles Elventon, The history of Augusta; first settlements and early days as a town, including the diary of Mrs. Martha Moore Ballard, 1785 to 1812 (Augusta, Me., Charles E. Nash & Son, 1904 [i.e. 1961])

Nason, Emma Huntington, Old Hallowell on the Kennebec (Augusta, Me.: [Press of Burleigh & Flynn], 1909)

Snell, Katherine H., Historic Hallowell ([Augusta, Me.] Printed by Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1962)

White, Charles Abner, List of marriages performed while minister of Congregational churches in Hallowell and Mechanic Falls, Maine ([Maine: s.n.], 1887)