Dixfield, Oxford County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · Vital Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Oxford County (set off from Cumberland County in 1805)
Incorporated
1803 from part of Holmanstown (the remainder being incorporated as Mexico in 1818)
Previous Designations
Township No. 1, North of the Androscoggin River; Holman and Water's Township; Holman Grant; Holmanstown; Dixtown; Plantation No. 1
Boundary Changes
Part of Township No. 4 (later Carthage) was annexed in 1822, but returned in 1827 when the act was repealed
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Dixfield, Dixfield Center, East Dixfield
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Canton, Carthage, Mexico, Peru, Wilton
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Dixfield
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Dixfield
Vital Records
Dixfield Vital Records, 1898-99
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Dixfield, Oxford, Maine
Official Website: Town of Dixfield
Bibliography
_____, 1906 Directory of Rumford, Mexico and Dixfield, Maine (Auburn, Me.: Merrill & Webber, 1906)
______, The Early History of Dixfield Maine: including the section of Mexico near Webb's River (Dixfield, Me.: The Dixfield Bicentennial Committee: The Dixfield Historical Society, 1976)
Bateman, Lucius C., Dixfield Woman Recalls Both Indians and Bears in That Vicinity," Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 24 Mar. 1917
McLaughlin, William (Standford Carver, Bruce Berry, editors), Daily Pocket Diary of William McLaughlin (Dixfield, Maine) for the year 1861: an annotated transcription ([S.l.: s.n.], 2003)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, The Canton and Dixfield Register, 1905 (Brunswick, Me. The H. E. Mitchell co., 1905)
Stowell, Peter Russell, Frank Stanley's Scrapbook: from July 13, 1873 to July 18, 1947 ([Dixfield, Me.]: Dixfield Historical Society, 2003)
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