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Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 �
Map of Oxford County, Maine �858
Edition of February 2013© Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466
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A complete copy of the 1858 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools.
To find your town, click on the name in the list below
ALBANY ANDOVER ANDOVER SURPLUS BATCHELDERS GRANT BETHEL BROWNFIELD BUCKFIELD BYRON CANTON DENMARK DIXFIELDFRANKLIN PLANTATION FRYEBURGFRYEBURG ACADEMY GRANT GILEAD
GRAFTONGREENWOOD HAMLIN’S GRANT HANOVER HARTFORDHEBRON HIRAM LOVELL MASONMEXICOMILTON PLANTATION NEWRY NORTHERN PART of OXFORD COUNTY NORWAY
OXFORD PARIS PERU PORTER RILEYROXBURY RUMFORD STONEHAM STOW SUMNER SWEDEN TOWNSHIP B & C WATERFORD WOODSTOCK
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Modern Town Outline Map
Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 �
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.
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An Historical Sketch of The Map
The 1858 Map of Oxford County is an important historical document. The map pin-points the names and locations of every resi-dence, 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 wheelbarrow-like 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.
The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were the most comprehensive yet made. This map served as the basis of mapping for decades afterwards.
Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance or-ders 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 mount-ed on wooden rollers.
Note on Map SizeThis 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 pos-sible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales.
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Table of Contents
Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters.
Modern Town Outline Map1858 Map of Oxford CountyAn Historical SketchTable of ContentsALBANY 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 FRYEBURGFryeburg Village North Fryeburg FRYEBURG ACADEMY GRANT GILEAD GRAFTONGREENWOOD 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 CornerMILTON PLANTATION NEWRY Newry Corner NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTYNORWAY Norway VillageSwifts Corners & Fords Corner OXFORD Oxford VillageWelchville & Pigeon & Hill Welchville PARIS Paris HillSouth ParisWest Paris & North Paris PERU Peru Village, West Peru & East Peru PORTER Porter Village & Kezar Falls RILEYROXBURY RUMFORD Rumford Center, Rumford Point & Rumford Corner STONEHAM East Stoneham STOW Stow Village SUMNER East Sumner & Jackson Village SWEDEN Sweden Village TOWNSHIP B & CWATERFORD Waterford City & Waterford Flat WOODSTOCK North Woodstock, South Woodstock & Bryants Pond VillageSTATISTICS
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ALBANY
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ANDOVER
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Andover Corner
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ANDOVER SURPLUS
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BATCHELDER’S GRANT
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BETHEL
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Bethel Hill
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West Bethel
Middle Intervale Walker’s Mills
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BROWNFIELD
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Brownfield Village
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BUCKFIELD
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North Buckfield
Buckfield Village
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BYRON
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CANTON
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Canton Point
Canton Mills
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DENMARK
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Denmark Corner
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DIXFIELD
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Dixfield Village
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FRANKLIN PLANTATION
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FRYEBURG
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Fryeburg Village
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North Fryeburg
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FRYEBURG ACADEMY GRANT
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GILEAD
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GRAFTON
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GREENWOOD
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Locke’s Mills
Greenwood City
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HAMLIN’S GRANT
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HANOVER
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Hanover Village
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HARTFORD
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Hartford Village
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HEBRON
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Hebron Village
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HIRAM
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Hiram Bridge
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LOVELL
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Lovell Village
No. Four Corner Lovell Center
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MASON
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MEXICO
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Mexico Corner
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MILTON PLANTATION
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NEWRY
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Newry Corner
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NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTY
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NORWAY
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NorwayVillage
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Ford’s Corner
Swift’s Corner
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OXFORD
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Oxford Village Pigeon Hill
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Pigeon Hill
Welchville
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PARIS
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Paris Hill
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South Paris
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West Paris
North Paris
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PERU
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East Peru
Peru Village
West Peru
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PORTER
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Porter Village
Kezar Falls
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RILEY
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ROXBURY
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RUMFORD
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Rumford Center
Rumford Point & Rumford Corner
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STONEHAM
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East Stoneham
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STOW
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Stow Village
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SUMNER
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Jackson Village
East Sumner
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SWEDEN & Sweden Village
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TOWNSHIP B & C
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WATERFORD
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Waterford City
Waterford Flat
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WOODSTOCK
North Woodstock
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Bryant’s Pond Village
North Woodstock South Woodstock
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STATISTICS
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