County

York County

 Organized

By 1779 as Little Falls Plantation (bounds defined in 1785)

 Incorporated

1798 as the town of Phillipsburg (Phillipsburgh); name changed in 1812 to Hollis

 Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Limington in 1798

Land was set off to form Dayton in 1854.

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Bar Mills, Bonny Eagle, Clarks Mills, Hollis, Hollis Center, North Hollis, South Hollis, Tylers Corner, West Buxton, West Hollis

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Buxton, Dayton, Limington, Lyman, Waterboro

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Hollis, Maine

 Cemeteries

Cemeteries of York County

 Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Hollis

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Hollis, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Hollis

MEGenWeb Project: Hollis

Maine Memory Network: Hollis

 Bibliography

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Alfred, Lyman, Dayton, Hollis and Waterboro, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., The H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905)

Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, Saco Valley settlements and families: historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary... (Portland, Me.: G.T. Ridlon, 1895)

Usher, Ellis Baker, A Short Biographical Sketch of Ellis Baker Usher of Hollis, Maine (Privately printed, 1902)