Maine Places

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Wilton, Franklin County

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County

Franklin County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799 (declared part of Kennebec County in 1805), to Franklin County in 1838)


Incorporated

1803 from Tyngtown Plantation


Previous Designations

Harrytown; Tyngstown (Tyngtown, Tingstown, Tyngs Town)


Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Chesterville in 1811, and to Temple in 1831


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Brown Neighborhood, Dryden, East Dixfield, East Wilton, MacQuillis Corner, North Wilton (former post office), Notch (former post office), Savage's Mills (former post office at Wilton), West Wilton (former post office), Wilton, Wilton Intervale, Wilton Station (former railroad station at Dryden)


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Carthage, Chesterville, Dixfield, Farmington, Jay, Temple, Washington Township


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Wilton


Cemeteries

A Few Cemeteries in Maine


Vital Records

Marriages by Rev. Nehemiah Hunt of Wilton and Avon, 1815-1850


Miscellaneous Resources

Maine Town Reports: Wilton


Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Wilton


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Wilton, Franklin, Maine

Official Website: Town of Wilton

Maine Memory Network: Wilton


Bibliography

______, The Town register, Farmington, Wilton, Chesterville, New Sharon: 1910 (Brunswick, Me.: Maine Map & Register Co., 1910)

______, Camp Kineowatha, Wilton, Maine (New York, N. Y., 1918)

______, Wilton's 150 years, 1803-1953: sesqui-centennial observance, July 6-12, 1953, Wilton, Maine: program, history, directory ([Wilton, Me.: Sesquicentennial Committee], 1953)

Adamo, Ruth, A history of the town of Wilton (Rumford, Me.: Rumford Publ. Co., 1971)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Wilton register, 1903-4 (Kent's Hill, Me., the H. E. Mitchell Publishing Co., 1903)

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