Map of Oxford County, Maine 858

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Map of Oxford County, Maine
1858
To find your town, click on the name in the list below
ALBANY
ANDOVER
ANDOVER SURPLUS
BATCHELDERS GRANT
BETHEL
BROWNFIELD
BUCKFIELD
BYRON
CANTON
DENMARK
DIXFIELD
FRANKLIN PLANTATION
FRYEBURG
FRYEBURG ACADEMY GRANT
GILEAD
GRAFTON
GREENWOOD
HAMLIN’S GRANT
HANOVER
HARTFORD
HEBRON
HIRAM
LOVELL
MASON
MEXICO
MILTON PLANTATION
NEWRY
NORTHERN PART of
OXFORD COUNTY
NORWAY
OXFORD
PARIS
PERU
PORTER
RILEY
ROXBURY
RUMFORD
STONEHAM
STOW
SUMNER
SWEDEN
TOWNSHIP B & C
WATERFORD
WOODSTOCK
A complete copy of the 1858 county wall map showing the names and
locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools.
Edition of February 2013
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Modern Town Outline Map
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1858 Map of Oxford County
The original map is a large wall map measuring 57” x 59”.
The wall map has been “taken apart” for this edition by dividing it into separate images, thus making it easy to use this map for the first time.
An Historical Sketch of The Map
The 1858 Map of Oxford County is an
important historical document. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school in the
county. It was the first such map for most of
these towns.
This map is one of several Maine county
maps created in the mid 1800s - a period of
extraordinary map-making in America. The
publisher of this map, Henry F. Walling, was
an accomplished mapmaker, and produced six
county maps in Maine in the 1850s, as well as
maps of Massachusetts and Vermont counties.
Few details of this map’s origins are known,
but we do know the general methods used for
these projects. Roads were measured with a
wheel odometer, similar to the wheelbarrowlike device pictured here, or one drawn by
horse and buggy. The surveyor would ask the
names of farmstead owners as he passed by,
and would surely add a brief sales pitch for
the new map... after all, the map would carry
the name of the resident, engraved upon it.
Publication was announced in local newspapers,
and local offices were set up where advance orders for the new map could be taken. A
typical mid-1850s price was five dollars per
copy. Prominent citizens allowed their names to
be used in the map’s advertisements, testifying
to the merits of the map, and no doubt assuring
it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of
prominent citizens were added for a fee.
The map was printed on four separate sheets
which were assembled and glued together onto a
cloth backing. Each copy was then hand-colored
in several different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden rollers. The original road surveys for this privatelyproduced map were the most comprehensive
yet made. This map served as the basis of
mapping for decades afterwards.
Note on Map Size
This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as a 14” x 17” booklet. The formatting
and sizes of some maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if possible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales.
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Table of Contents
Modern Town Outline Map
An Historical Sketch
Table of Contents
ALBANY
ANDOVER
Andover Corner
ANDOVER SURPLUS
BATCHELDER’S GRANT
BETHEL
Bethel Hill
West Bethel, Middle Intervale & Walker’s Mills
BROWNFIELD
Brownfield Village
BUCKFIELD
Buckfield Village & North Buckfield
BYRON
CANTON
Canton Mills & Canton Point
DENMARK
Denmark Corner
DIXFIELD
Dixfield Village
FRANKLIN PLANTATION
FRYEBURG
Fryeburg Village
North Fryeburg
GILEAD
GRAFTON
GREENWOOD
Greenwood City & Locke’s Mills
HAMLINS GRANT
HANOVER
Hanover Village
HARTFORD
Hartford Village
HEBRON
Hebron Village
HIRAM
Hiram Bridge
LOVELL
Lovell Village, Lovell Center & No. Four Corner
MASON
MEXICO
Mexico Corner
MILTON PLANTATION
NEWRY
Newry Corner
NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTY
NORWAY
Norway Village
Swifts Corners & Fords Corner
OXFORD
Oxford Village
Welchville & Pigeon & Hill Welchville
PARIS
Paris Hill
South Paris
West Paris & North Paris
PERU
Peru Village, West Peru & East Peru
PORTER
Porter Village & Kezar Falls
RILEY
ROXBURY
RUMFORD
Rumford Center, Rumford Point & Rumford Corner
STONEHAM
East Stoneham
STOW
Stow Village
SUMNER
East Sumner & Jackson Village
SWEDEN
Sweden Village
TOWNSHIP B & C
WATERFORD
Waterford City & Waterford Flat
WOODSTOCK
North Woodstock, South Woodstock
& Bryants Pond Village
STATISTICS
Town names listed in all capital letters.
Village names listed in upper and lower case letters.
ALBANY
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ANDOVER
Andover Corner
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ANDOVER SURPLUS
BATCHELDER’S GRANT
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BETHEL
11
Bethel Hill
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West Bethel
Middle Intervale
Walker’s Mills
13
BROWNFIELD
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Brownfield Village
15
BUCKFIELD
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Buckfield Village
North Buckfield
17
BYRON
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CANTON
19
Canton Mills
Canton Point
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DENMARK
21
Denmark Corner
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DIXFIELD
23
Dixfield Village
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FRANKLIN PLANTATION
25
FRYEBURG
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Fryeburg Village
27
North Fryeburg
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GILEAD
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GRAFTON
31
GREENWOOD
32
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Greenwood City
Locke’s Mills
33
HAMLIN’S GRANT
34
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HANOVER
35
Hanover Village
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HARTFORD
37
Hartford Village
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HEBRON
39
Hebron Village
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HIRAM
41
Hiram Bridge
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LOVELL
43
Lovell Village
No. Four Corner
Lovell Center
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MASON
45
MEXICO
46
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Mexico Corner
47
MILTON PLANTATION
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NEWRY
49
Newry Corner
50
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NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTY
51
NORWAY
52
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NorwayVillage
53
Ford’s Corner
Swift’s Corner
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OXFORD
55
Oxford Village
56
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Pigeon Hill
Welchville
57
PARIS
58
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Paris Hill
59
South Paris
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West Paris
North Paris
61
PERU
62
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Peru Village
West Peru
East Peru
63
PORTER
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Porter Village
Kezar Falls
65
RILEY
66
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ROXBURY
67
RUMFORD
68
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Rumford Point & Rumford Corner
Rumford Center
69
STONEHAM
70
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East Stoneham
71
STOW
72
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Stow Village
73
SUMNER
74
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East Sumner
Jackson Village
75
SWEDEN & Sweden Village
76
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TOWNSHIP B & C
77
WATERFORD
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Waterford City
Waterford Flat
79
WOODSTOCK
80
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Bryant’s Pond Village
North Woodstock
South Woodstock
81
STATISTICS
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