Porter, Oxford County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Military Records · Vital Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Oxford County (set off form York County in 1805)
Incorporated
1807 from Porterfield Plantation
Previous Designations
Porterfield Township
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Brownfield upon Porter's incorporation in 1807, including that part known as Cutler's Upper Grant; additional land was set off to that town in 1831, 1832, and 1855
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Kezar Falls, Porter, Porter Bridge (former post office at Porter), Porterfield, Stanley (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Brownfield, Freedom (N.H.), Hiram, Parsonsfield
Maps
Cemeteries
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Porter
Vital Records
Marriages Recorded in Porter Prior to Apr. 18, 1833
Marriages Recorded in Porter, 1833 to 1858
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Porter, Oxford, Maine
Official Website: Town of Porter
Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society
Bibliography
Mitchell, Harry Edward, compiler, The Town Register, 1907: Brownfield, Denmark, Hiram and Porter (Brunswick, Me.: H. E. Mitchell Co., 1907)
Moulton, Thomas, Porter, as a Portion of Maine: its settlement, etc. (Portland, Me., Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879)
Teg, William, History of Porter (Kezar Falls, Me.: Parsonfield-Porter Historical Society, c1957)
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