County

York County

 Incorporated

1768 from Phillipstown Tract

 Previous Designations

Phillipstown

Includes that part of the Fluellen Tract called The Nineteen Thousand Acres

 Boundary Changes

Adjacent unincorporated land was annexed in 1786

Some of the unincorporated land previously annexed was set off to Lebanon and to Shapleigh in 1787

The "North Parish of Sandford" was set off in 1794 to form the district of Alfred

Part of Shapleigh was annexed in 1820, and part of Alfred in 1828

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Getchells Corner, Morrisons Corner, Moultonborough, Sanford (formerly Sanford Corners), Sanford Corner (former post office at Sanford), South Sanford, Springvale

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Acton, Alfred, Kennebunk, Lebanon, North Berwick, Shapleigh, Wells

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Sanford, Maine

Bird's-Eye View of Sanford, 1889

 Cemeteries

Sanford & Springvale, Maine Cemeteries

St. Ignatius and Notre Dame Cemeteries (Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's online database)

Cemeteries of York County

 Newspapers

Weekly Observer

 Vital Records

Marriages in Sanford by Rev. Moses Sweat, 1786-1822

 Miscellaneous Resources

Centenarians and Nonagenarians of Sanford

Sanford Postmasters, 1796-1899

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Sanford, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Sanford

Maine Memory Network: Sanford

Maine Memory Network: Springvale

 Bibliography

Bodwell, John W., et al., Sanford, Maine, vital records from account books and diaries of John W. Bodwell, 1849, 1851-1852, 1855-1856-1857, 1860: account book no. 3, 1852-1860 / E. A. Bodwell ; George E. Allen's diaries, 1874-1892 ([Sanford, Me.?]: Daughters of the American Revolution, Benepeag Chapter, 1945)

Boyle, Frederick R., Early families of Sanford-Springvale, Maine (Portsmouth, N.H.: P.E. Randall, Publisher, 1988)

Emery, Edwin, The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900 (Fall River, Mass.: The compiler, 1901)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of Notre-Dame, Springvale, Me. 1887-1981: and of St. Michael, South Berwick, Me. 1886-1982 and of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Berwick, Me. 1927-1982 (Lewiston, Me.: Y. Labonte, 1985)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Ignatius, Sanford, Me., 1892-1981, and of Holy Family, Sanford, Me., 1932-1981 (Auburn, Me.: Y. Labonté, [1982])