Maine Places

County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)

Incorporated

1804

Previous Designations

Township No. 2, Second Range North of Plymouth Claim, East of Kennebec River (T2 R2 NPC EKR); Berwick Academy Grant; Kinsmantown

Boundary Changes

Part of Hartland was annexed in 1821

Parts of Brighton Plantation (then the town of Brighton) were annexed in 1838 and 1862

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Athens, Corsons Corner, West Athens

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Brighton Plantation, Cornville, Harmony, Hartland, Solon

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Athens

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Athens, Somerset, Maine

Maine Memory Network: Athens

Bibliography

______, The East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912 (Auburn, Me.: Chatto & Turner, 1912)

______, A historical sketch of Athens, Maine: commemorative of its sesquicentennial July 2-5, 1804-1954 ([Athens, Me.]: Published by the Athens Victory Club, 1954 (Skowhegan, Me.: The Skowhegan Press))

Prince, Elaine Bush, comp., Cemeteries in Athens, Somerset Co., Maine (Framingham, Mass.: E.B. Prince, c1985)