County

York County

 Incorporated

1785

 Previous Designations

One of the Ossipee Towns; Leavittstown; Newmarket; Parsonstown

 Boundary Changes

The boundary between this town and Cornish was established in 1876

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Blazo's Corner (former post office at North Parsonsfield), East Parsonsfield, Kezar Falls, Lord's Mills (former village), Maplewood, North Parsonsfield, Parsonsfield (Parsonsfield Village), Parsonsfield Seminary, Roberts Corner, South Parsonsfield, Taylor City, West Parsonsfield

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Cornish, Effingham (N.H.), Hiram, Limerick, Newfield, Porter, Wakefield (N.H.)

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Parsonsfield, Maine

 Cemeteries

Marston-Doe Graveyard

Moore-Doe-Colcord-Bickford-Towle Graveyard

Maplewood Cemetery

 Miscellaneous Resources

Parsonsfield Teachers, 1785-1885

 General Resources

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

FamilySearch Catalog: Parsonsfield, York, Maine

Maine Memory Network: Parsonsfield

 Bibliography

______, Vital records of Parsonsfield, Maine ([Parsonsfield, Me.]: Ancient Landmarks Society of Parsonsfield, 1988)

Dearborn, J. W., ed., A History of the first century of the town of Parsonsfield, Maine: incorporated Aug. 29, 1785, and celebrated with impressive ceremonies at North Parsonsfield, August 29, 1885 (Portland, Me.: B. Thurston & Co., 1888)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Acton, Shapleigh, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Lebanon, 1907 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell co., 1907)

Piper, Horace, Genealogy of Elisha Piper, of Parsonsfield, Me., and his descendants : including portions of other related families, with an appendix, containing genealogies of Asa Piper, of Wakefield, N. H., Solomon Piper, of Boston, Mass., Stephen Piper, of Newfield, Me., and their immediate descendants from 1630 to 1889 (Washington, D. C., 1889)