Raymond, Cumberland County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Census Records · Military Records · Newspapers · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)
Incorporated
1803 from Raymondtown Plantation
Previous Designations
Raymondtown
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form Naples, but returned to Raymond in 1838 when the act was repealed
Land was set off to form Casco in 1841, and additional land was set off to that town in 1842
Adjacent unincorporated land was annexed in 1835, part of the "Eighty-Rod Strip" in 1838, and part of a gore between this town and Gray in 1839
Gray surplus and the gore on Raymond Cape were annexed in 1859
Part of Standish was annexed in 1869
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Raymond, Greenville, Mountain (former post office), North Raymond, Raymond (Raymond Village), Raymond Cape, Wilson Springs
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Casco, Frye Island, Gray, New Gloucester, Poland, Windham
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Raymond
Cemeteries
Town of Raymond Cemetery Committee
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Raymond
Newspapers
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
Official Website: Town of Raymond
Bibliography
______, 1929-1930 directory of Bridgton, Casco, Harrison, Naples and Raymond : combining four separate and distinct directories (Portland, Me. : Fred L. Tower, 1929)
Dolley, Mira L., 150th anniversary, town of Raymond, Maine, 1803-1953 ([Raymond, Me.?: s.n., 1953])
Jones, Herbert G., Sebago Lake Land in History, Legend & Romance; (1949)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, comp., The town register: Poland, Raymond and Casco, 1906 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1906)
Taylor, Robert Lee, Early families of Raymond, Maine (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998)
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