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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


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The 1858 Map of Oxford County is an important historical document.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

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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


ALBANY


ANDOVER

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Andover Corner


ANDOVER SURPLUS

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BATCHELDER’S GRANT

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BETHEL

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Bethel Hill


West Bethel

Middle Intervale Walker’s Mills


BROWNFIELD

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Brownfield Village


BUCKFIELD


North Buckfield

Buckfield Village


BYRON


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


Hiram Bridge


LOVELL


Lovell Village

No. Four Corner Lovell Center


MASON


MEXICO


Mexico Corner


MILTON PLANTATION


NEWRY


Newry Corner

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NORTHERN PART OF OXFORD COUNTY

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NORWAY


NorwayVillage


Ford’s Corner

Swift’s Corner

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OXFORD


Oxford Village Pigeon Hill


Pigeon Hill

Welchville


PARIS


Paris Hill


South Paris


West Paris

North Paris


PERU


East Peru

Peru Village

West Peru


PORTER


Porter Village

Kezar Falls


RILEY


ROXBURY


RUMFORD


Rumford Center

Rumford Point & Rumford Corner


STONEHAM


East Stoneham


STOW


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


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