Maine Places

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Sanford, York County

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County

York County


Incorporated

1768 from Phillipstown Tract


Incorporated as a City

2013


Previous Designations

Phillipstown

Includes that part of the Fluellen Tract called The Nineteen Thousand Acres


Boundary Changes

Adjacent unincorporated land was annexed in 1786

Some of the unincorporated land previously annexed was set off to Lebanon and to Shapleigh in 1787

The "North Parish of Sandford" was set off in 1794 to form the district of Alfred

Part of Shapleigh was annexed in 1820, and part of Alfred in 1828


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Getchells Corner, Morrisons Corner, Moultonborough, Sanford (formerly Sanford Corners), Sanford Corner (former post office at Sanford), South Sanford, Springvale


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Acton, Alfred, Kennebunk, Lebanon, North Berwick, Shapleigh, Wells


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Sanford


Cemeteries

Sanford & Springvale, Maine Cemeteries

St. Ignatius and Notre Dame Cemeteries (Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's online database)

Cemeteries of York County


Church Records

Sanford, Maine. North Congregational Church Records, 1786-1823

Records of the Congregational Church in Sanford, Maine : no. 2d, April 4, 1823-Sept. 4, 1842


Newspapers

Sanford Newspapers — from Digital Archives of Springvale Public Library & Goodall Memorial Library


Vital Records

Marriages in Sanford by Rev. Moses Sweat, 1786-1822


Miscellaneous Resources

1771 Sanford Tax Valuation

Centenarians and Nonagenarians of Sanford

Sanford Postmasters, 1796-1899


Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Sanford


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Sanford, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Sanford

Maine Memory Network: Sanford

Maine Memory Network: Springvale


Bibliography

______, Golden Jubilee of the St. Ignatius Parish of Sanford, Maine, founded in 1892 (1942)

Bodwell, John W., et al., Sanford, Maine, vital records from account books and diaries of John W. Bodwell, 1849, 1851-1852, 1855-1856-1857, 1860: account book no. 3, 1852-1860 / E. A. Bodwell ; George E. Allen's diaries, 1874-1892 ([Sanford, Me.?]: Daughters of the American Revolution, Benepeag Chapter, 1945)

Boyle, Frederick R., Early families of Sanford-Springvale, Maine (Portsmouth, N.H.: P.E. Randall, Publisher, 1988)

Eastman, Harland H., Villages on the Mousam : Sanford and Springvale, Maine (Robert M. Wilson, Printer, 1995)

Emery, Edwin, The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900 (Fall River, Mass.: The compiler, 1901)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of Notre-Dame, Springvale, Me. 1887-1981: and of St. Michael, South Berwick, Me. 1886-1982 and of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Berwick, Me. 1927-1982 (Lewiston, Me.: Y. Labonte, 1985)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Ignatius, Sanford, Me., 1892-1981, and of Holy Family, Sanford, Me., 1932-1981 (Auburn, Me.: Y. Labonté, [1982])

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