Wilton, Franklin County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Franklin County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799 (declared part of Kennebec County in 1805), to Franklin County in 1838)
Incorporated
1803 from Tyngtown Plantation
Previous Designations
Harrytown; Tyngstown (Tyngtown, Tingstown, Tyngs Town)
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Chesterville in 1811, and to Temple in 1831
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Brown Neighborhood, Dryden, East Dixfield, East Wilton, MacQuillis Corner, North Wilton (former post office), Notch (former post office), Savage's Mills (former post office at Wilton), West Wilton (former post office), Wilton, Wilton Intervale, Wilton Station (former railroad station at Dryden)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Carthage, Chesterville, Dixfield, Farmington, Jay, Temple, Washington Township
Maps
Cemeteries
Vital Records
Marriages by Rev. Nehemiah Hunt of Wilton and Avon, 1815-1850
Miscellaneous Resources
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Wilton
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Wilton, Franklin, Maine
Official Website: Town of Wilton
Bibliography
______, The Town register, Farmington, Wilton, Chesterville, New Sharon: 1910 (Brunswick, Me.: Maine Map & Register Co., 1910)
______, Camp Kineowatha, Wilton, Maine (New York, N. Y., 1918)
______, Wilton's 150 years, 1803-1953: sesqui-centennial observance, July 6-12, 1953, Wilton, Maine: program, history, directory ([Wilton, Me.: Sesquicentennial Committee], 1953)
Adamo, Ruth, A history of the town of Wilton (Rumford, Me.: Rumford Publ. Co., 1971)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Wilton register, 1903-4 (Kent's Hill, Me., the H. E. Mitchell Publishing Co., 1903)
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