Oxbow Plantation, Aroostook County
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County
Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1843)
Organized
1848 as Plantation No. 9, Sixth Range; organized in 1870 as Oxbow Plantation; organization legalized in 1873, and confirmed and made valid in 1895. Plantation residents voted to deorganize in 2016.
Previous Designations
Township No. 9, Sixth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T9 R6 WELS); Umcolcus Plantation
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Oxbow; the Umcolcus post office was located in T8 R5
Adjacent Towns and Townships
T8 R6 WELS, T9 R5 WELS, T9 R7 WELS, T10 R6 WELS, T10 R7 WELS
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Oxbow Plantation
Cemeteries
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Oxbow Plantation
General Resources
First Settlers of the Aroostook River Valley: Masardis & Oxbow
Bibliography
Hayden, Elias Henry, "The first settlers of Oxbow, 1839," History of the greater Ashland, Maine, area ([Presque Isle, Me.]: Dena Lynn Winslow, c1983)
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