Maine Places

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Newry, Oxford County

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County

Oxford County (set off from York County in 1805)


Incorporated

1805 from Bostwick Plantation


Previous Designations

Township Letter A No. 3 (TA3), or Letter A No. 3; Sunday River Plantation


Boundary Changes

Parts of Letter A No. 2 (now Grafton Township) and Andover West Surplus were annexed in 1837


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Newry, Newry Corner, North Newry, South Newry (former post office), Sunday River (former post office at Newry)


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Andover, Andover West Surplus, Bethel, Gilead, Hanover, Riley Township, Rumford


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Newry


Cemeteries

Smith Cemetery, Newry


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Newry, Oxford, Maine

Official Website: Town of Newry

MEGenWeb Project: Newry


Bibliography

Wight, Carrie, Newry, Maine, 1805-1955 (Bethel, Me.: The Oxford County Citizen, 1955)

Wight, Paula M., Newry Profiles, 1805-1980 ([Maine?: P. M. Wight?, 1980?])

Wilkins, Martha Fifield, Sunday River Sketches: A New England Chronicle (Rumford, Me.: Androscoggin Publications, 1977)

York, Carole A., Western Maine Saints: The First Mormons of Western Maine 1830--1890 (Master's Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 2010)

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