Mount Vernon, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1792 from Washington Plantation (Belgrade was incorporated from the remainder in 1796)
Previous Designations
Part of the Kennebec Patent
Boundary Changes
Parts of Fayette and of the Plantation of Goshen (now Vienna) were annexed in 1802
Part of Rome was annexed in 1814
Land was set off to Readfield in 1825 and 1845
Parts of Vienna were annexed in 1826 and 1853, part of Readfield in 1845, and part of Belgrade in 1846
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Currier (former post office), Dennis Corner, Dunns Corner (Dunn's Corner), Locks Corner, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Centre (former post office), South Mount Vernon (former post office), West Mount Vernon (formerly Walton's Mills), Wings Mills
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Belgrade, Fayette, Readfield, Rome, Vienna
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Mount Vernon
Cemeteries
Stain Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Me.
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Mount Vernon
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: Town of Mount Vernon
MEGenWeb Project: Mount Vernon
Maine Memory Network: Mount Vernon
Bibliography
Hunton, F. A., The Mt. Vernon and Readfield register, 1908 (Augusta, Me.: Mitchell-Cony Co., 1908)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, comp., The Fayette and Mt. Vernon register, 1903 (Kents Hill, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Pub. Co., 1903)
Smith, Beverly Wight, "Memories of 150th Anniversary of Town of Mount Vernon," Lewiston Evening Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 30 June 1973
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