County

Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)

 Incorporated

1805 from Bostwick Plantation

 Previous Designations

Township Letter A No. 3 (TA3), or Letter A No. 3; Sunday River Plantation

 Boundary Changes

Parts of Letter A No. 2 (now Grafton Township) and Andover West Surplus were annexed in 1837

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Newry, Newry Corner, North Newry, South Newry (former post office), Sunday River (former post office at Newry)

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Andover, Andover West Surplus, Bethel, Gilead, Hanover, Riley Township, Rumford

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Newry, Maine

 Cemeteries

Smith Cemetery, Newry

Sunday River Cemetery

 Military Records

Capt. William Wheeler's Company, War of 1812 (raised in Rumford, Bethel, Newry, Andover, Peru, Dixfield, Albany, Waterford, and Norway)

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Newry, Oxford, Maine

Official Website: Town of Newry

MEGenWeb Project: Newry

 Bibliography

Wight, Carrie, Newry, Maine, 1805-1955 (Bethel, Me.: The Oxford County Citizen, 1955)

Wight, Paula M., Newry Profiles, 1805-1980 ([Maine?: P. M. Wight?, 1980?])

Wilkins, Martha Fifield, Sunday River Sketches: A New England Chronicle (Rumford, Me.: Androscoggin Publications, 1977)