Industry, Franklin County
County · Organized · 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, to Somerset County in 1809, to Franklin County in 1838)
Organized
1799 as Industry Plantation, together with the "River Settlement" (now Mercer)
Incorporated
1803
Previous Designations
The southerly part of the town lies in the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase); Back Settlement
In 1800, residents were enumerated in "Plymouth Gore adjoining Sandy River"
Boundary Changes
That part of New Vineyard called New Vineyard Gore was annexed in 1815; additional land from that town was annexed in 1844
Part of New Sharon was annexed in 1813, a few lots in Starks from the Lowell Strip in 1822, and part of Anson in 1823
The western part of the New Vineyard Gore was set off to Farmington in 1850
Land was set off to New Sharon in 1852
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Allens Mills (Allen's Mills), Goodrich Corner, West Industry (later North Industry, a former post office), West Mills (West's Mills)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Anson, Farmington, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Starks
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Industry
Cemeteries
Vital Records
Record of Marriages by Cornelius Norton, Jr., of Industry
Miscellaneous Resources
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Industry
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Industry, Franklin, Maine
Official Website: Town of Industry (Facebook)
Maine Memory Network: Industry
Bibliography
Allen, William, History of Industry, Maine: from the first settlement in 1791 (Skowhegan Me.: Smith & Emery, printers, 1869)
Hatch, William Collins, A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine, from the earliest settlement in 1787 down to the present time, embracing the cessions of New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson, and Stark (Farmington, Me.: Press of Knowlton, McLeary & Co., 1893)
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