County

Knox County (set off from Lincoln County in 1860)

 Incorporated

1777 from part of St. George Plantation (now Cushing)

 Previous Designations

Part of the Waldo Patent (Muscongus Patent); Georgeekeag; Saint George Lowertown

 Boundary Changes

Part of Warren was annexed in 1798 and 1864

Land was set off to form East Thomaston (now Rockland) and South Thomaston in 1848.

Additional land was set off to East Thomaston (now Rockland) in 1849, and part of that town was annexed in 1852

Parts of Cushing were annexed in 1891 and 1909

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Thomaston, Willis Corners (Willis Corner)

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Cushing, Rockland, South Thomaston, Warren

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Thomaston, Maine

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Thomaston, 1884

Thomaston Village, Knox Co. (1885)

Thomaston Village, Knox Co. (1894)

 Cemeteries

Knox County Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-2007

 Military Records

Thomaston Civil War Soldiers

World War I Soldiers Index: Thomaston

 Vital Records

Thomaston Marriage Intentions, 1777-1811

 Miscellaneous Resources

Maine Town Reports: Thomaston

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Thomaston, Knox, Maine

Official Website: Town of Thomaston

Maine Memory Network: Thomaston

Maine Community Heritage Project: Thomaston

 Bibliography

______, A gathering of descendants of Hezekiah and Isabella Prince of Thomaston, Maine, Spencer, Massachusetts, August 20 to 30, 1891 (1891)

Bacon, George Fox, Rockland, Belfast and vicinity: its representative business men and its points of interest, embracing Rockland, Belfast, Camden, Rockport, Bucksport, Ellsworth, Thomaston, Waldoboro, Warren, Damariscotta, Wiscasset, Newcastle (Newark, N. J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1892)

Eaton, Cyrus, History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine: from their first exploration, A.D. 1605: with family genealogies (Hallowell, Me.: Masters, Smith & Co., printers, 1865)

Groves, Marlene A., comp., Vital records of Thomaston, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2002)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Thomaston register, 1904 (Kent's Hill, Me.: H.E. Mitchell, 1904)

Sullivan, Steven Edward, comp., Vital records from the Thomaston recorder of Thomaston, Maine, 1837-1846 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1995)