Sanford, York County
County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Newspapers · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Incorporated
1768 from Phillipstown Tract
Incorporated as a City
2013
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
Maine Historical Maps: Sanford
Cemeteries
Sanford & Springvale, Maine Cemeteries
St. Ignatius and Notre Dame Cemeteries (Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's online database)
Church Records
Sanford, Maine. North Congregational Church Records, 1786-1823
Records of the Congregational Church in Sanford, Maine : no. 2d, April 4, 1823-Sept. 4, 1842
Newspapers
Sanford Newspapers — from Digital Archives of Springvale Public Library & Goodall Memorial Library
Vital Records
Marriages in Sanford by Rev. Moses Sweat, 1786-1822
Miscellaneous Resources
Centenarians and Nonagenarians of Sanford
Sanford Postmasters, 1796-1899
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Sanford
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Sanford, York, Maine
Official Website: Town of Sanford
Maine Memory Network: Springvale
Bibliography
______, Golden Jubilee of the St. Ignatius Parish of Sanford, Maine, founded in 1892 (1942)
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)
Eastman, Harland H., Villages on the Mousam : Sanford and Springvale, Maine (Robert M. Wilson, Printer, 1995)
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])
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