Houlton, Aroostook County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Newspapers · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Aroostook County (set off from Washington County in 1839)
Incorporated
1831 from Houlton Plantation
Previous Designations
New Salem Academy Grant and part of Williams College Grant
The Williams College Grant was once known as Foxcroft
Boundary Changes
Part of Williams College Grant Plantation (later incorporated as Littleton) was annexed in 1834
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Carys Mills (Cary's Mills), Horseback (former railroad station), Houlton, Porter Settlement, West Houlton (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Hodgdon, Littleton, Ludlow, New Limerick, Richmond (N.B.)
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Houlton
Census Records
1820 Census: Houlton Plantation, Washington County
Newspapers
Maine Obituaries: Aroostook Weeklies
Miscellaneous Resources
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Houlton
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine
Cary Library Genealogy Database
Official Website: Town of Houlton
Maine Memory Network: Cary's Mills
Bibliography
______, History of the town of Houlton, Maine, from 1804 to 1883 (Haverhill, Mass.: C.C. Morse, 1884)
______, Houlton, Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield and Caribou directory, 1900 (Boston, Mass.: A. B. Sparrow, 1900)
______, "Aroostook County, one hundred years old," Houlton Pioneer Times, 29 Jan. 1939
Atchison, Roland, comp., Houlton has its 150th birthday : souvenir program, sesqui-centennial celebration August 17-24, 1957 ([Houlton, Me. : Aroostook Print Shop, 1957)
Bacon, George Fox, Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman (Newark, N. J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1891)
Barnes, Anna, Houlton : local postal guide ([Houlton, Me.? : s.n.], 1901)
Barnes, Francis, The story of Houlton: from the public records, and from the experiences of its founders, their descendants, and associates to the present time: also, announcements of all the prominent merchants and manufacturing interests (Houlton, Me.: W.H. Smith, 1889)
Melvin, Charlotte Lenentine, et al., History of the Houlton area : bicentennial articles published in the Houlton Pioneer Times in 1975 and 1976 (Houlton, Me. : Houlton Pioneer Times, 1977)
Putnam, Cora M., The story of Houlton (Portland, Me. : House of Falmouth, c1958)
Spaulding, Royal Crafts, Autobiographical sketch of Rev. Royal Crafts Spaulding : and extracts from letters of himself, and of his wife, Jerusha Bryant Spaulding, with notes and explanatory text (Houlton, Me.: Press of William H. Smith, 1891)
Thibadeau, William Jarvis, The Irishman : a factor in the development of Houlton; a history of the Parish of St. Mary's; a word about the Acadian of Madawaska (Augusta, Me. : Kennebec Journal, 1908)
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