Map of Oxford County, Maine 858 - Old Maps · Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 1858 Map of Oxford...

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

www.old-maps.com

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

Modern Town Outline Map

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The 1858 Map of Oxford County is an important historical document.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 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.

Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 5

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

ALBANY

ANDOVER

Andover Corner

ANDOVER SURPLUS

BATCHELDER’S GRANT

Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 ��

BETHEL

Bethel Hill

West Bethel

Middle Intervale Walker’s Mills

BROWNFIELD

Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 �5

Brownfield Village

BUCKFIELD

North Buckfield

Buckfield Village

CANTON

Canton Point

Canton Mills

DENMARK

Denmark Corner

DIXFIELD

Dixfield Village

FRANKLIN PLANTATION

FRYEBURG

Fryeburg Village

North Fryeburg

FRYEBURG ACADEMY GRANT

GILEAD

GRAFTON

GREENWOOD

Locke’s Mills

Greenwood City

HAMLIN’S GRANT

HANOVER

Hanover Village

HARTFORD

Hartford Village

HEBRON

Hebron Village

Hiram Bridge

LOVELL

Lovell Village

No. Four Corner Lovell Center

MEXICO

Mexico Corner

MILTON PLANTATION

Newry Corner

Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 5�

NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTY

NORWAY

NorwayVillage

Ford’s Corner

Swift’s Corner

Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 55

OXFORD

Oxford Village Pigeon Hill

Pigeon Hill

Welchville

Paris Hill

South Paris

West Paris

North Paris

East Peru

Peru Village

West Peru

PORTER

Porter Village

Kezar Falls

ROXBURY

RUMFORD

Rumford Center

Rumford Point & Rumford Corner

STONEHAM

East Stoneham

Stow Village

SUMNER

Jackson Village

East Sumner

SWEDEN & Sweden Village

TOWNSHIP B & C

WATERFORD

Waterford City

Waterford Flat

WOODSTOCK

North Woodstock

Bryant’s Pond Village

North Woodstock South Woodstock

STATISTICS

1858 Map of Oxford County

Map of Oxford County, Maine 858 - Old Maps · Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 1858 Map of Oxford...

Documents

Transcript of Map of Oxford County, Maine 858 - Old Maps · Map of Oxford County, Maine 1858 1858 Map of Oxford...

Circular 1858 mallorca

1858 Diary

TA R1 Riley, Oxford - Maine.govTA R1 Riley, Oxford Acreage Map OX001 0.00 178170002P TIME WARNER CABLE NORTHEAST LLC Map OX001 0.00 178172006 CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO Map OX001 Plan

Cullercoats ConservationArea CharacterAppraisal · 2020. 3. 23. · 3.1.2 Pre-Map History 9 3.1.3 First Edition OS Map c.1858 10 3.1.4 Second Edition OS Map c.1897 10 3.1.5 Third

Map of Africa, 1858 - University of South Florida

Edición N° 1858

— TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAP UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAP NEXTSTOP.TEMPLE.EDU ˜ ˚ ˛ ˝ ˙ ˆ ˇ ˘ ˜ NORRIS ST. DIAMOND ST. MONTGOMERY AVE. OXFORD ST. CECIL B. MOORE AVE. LIACOURAS

Efficiently Solving Convex Relaxations M. Pawan Kumar University of Oxford for MAP Estimation Philip Torr Oxford Brookes University.

ISSN: 1858 3903

Midterm Elections 1858

AMENDED APPLICATION FOR ZONING MAP ... - Oxford, Mississippi · City of Oxford, Mississippi Case No. 670 AMENDED APPLICATION FOR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT Applica·its' Names: KENNETH

Revue spirite 1858

Lourdes 1858

Oxford County Outdoors Map - Tourism Oxford

Map of Caledonia County, VT 1858 · first comprehensive road map of the seventeen towns of Caledonia County. To find your town, ... Map of Caledonia County, VT 1858 ©2005

Submarine Cable Route Maps...Map of the 1858 Atlantic Cable route from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 21, 1858 Another map of the 1858 Atlantic Cable route. Although

Map of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, 1858

Buffalo Hunt: 1858

City Sightseeing Oxford Route Map

Manufacturing Oxford - Discovering Britain · 2016. 10. 7. · Route overview 5 Practical information 6 Detailed route map 9 Commentary 10 Credits 36 4 Manufacturing Oxford ... Redbridge