Maine Places

County · Organized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1839)

Organized

1856 as Oakfield Plantation; organized in 1866 for the assessment of taxes; organization legalized in 1878; successor to former plantation organized in 1895

Incorporated

1897

Previous Designations

Township No. 5, Third Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T5 R3 WELS)

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Bennett (former railroad station), Burleigh (former post office), Oakfield, Red Bridge, Timoney (former railroad station)

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Dyer Brook, Linneus, New Limerick, Smyrna, T4 R3 WELS

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Oakfield

Census Records

1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Oakfield

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Oakfield, Aroostook, Maine

Official Website: Town of Oakfield

Maine Memory Network: Oakfield

Bibliography

______, Souvenir of Oakfield, Me. (Brunswick, Me.: Maine Map & Register Co., 1911)

Class of 1957, Oakfield Community High School, The story of Oakfield (Oakfield, Me. : Commercial Dept., the High School, 1957)