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1 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 To find your town, click on the name in the list below ANSON ATHENS BINGHAM BLOOMFIELD BRIGHTON CAMBRIDGE CANAAN CARATUNK CONCORD CORNVILLE DETROIT EMBDEN FAIRFIELD FORKS PLANTATION HARMONY HARTLAND LEXINGTON MADISON MAYFIELD MERCER MOSCOW NEW PORTLAND TOWNSHIP NO. 2 NORRIDGEWOCK NORTHERN PORTION* PALMYRA PITTSFIELD PLEASANT RIDGE RIPLEY SKOWHEGAN SMITHFIELD SOLON ST. ALBANS STARKS *Includes Dead River & Flagstaff A complete copy of the 1860 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. Edition of February 2013 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860

2 Modern Town Outline Map Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

3 1860 Map of Somerset County The original map is a large wall map measuring 69 x 54. 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. Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860

4 An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1860 Map of Somerset County is an important historical document.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, J. Chase Jr., was an accomplished mapmaker, who had also produced Maine county maps of Androscoggin, Cumberland, and Kennebec. 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. Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

5 Table of Contents Title Page Modern Town Outline Map 1860 Map of Somerset County An Historical Sketch Table of Contents ANSON Anson Village Somerset Hotel ATHENS Athens Village BINGHAM Bingham Village BLOOMFIELD Bloomfield village - see Skowhegan & Bloomfield Villages Residence of Hon Abner Coburn BRIGHTON Brighton Centre CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Village CANAAN Canaan Village CARATUNK CONCORD Concord Directory CORNVILLE Cornville Directory DETROIT Detroit Village EMBDEN Embden Directory FAIRFIELD Fairfield Village & Somerset Mills Kendall s Mills FORKS PLANTATION The Forks HARMONY Harmony Village & Main Stream Village HARTLAND Hartland Village St. Albans Academy LEXINGTON MADISON East Madison Madison Bridge MAYFIELD MERCER Mercer Village MOSCOW NEW PORTLAND New Portland Village East New Portland North New Portland TOWNSHIP NO. 2 NORRIDGEWOCK Norridgewock Village & South Norridgewock Probate Office Somerset County Court House Norridgewock House Residence of Hanson Hight, Esq. Residence of E. J. Peet. Esq. Residence of John Abott, Esq. NORTHERN PORTION Flagstaff & Dead River Directories PALMYRA Palmyra Village Residence of Maj. B. S. Judkins PITTSFIELD East Pittsfield PLEASANT RIDGE RIPLEY Ripley Village SKOWHEGAN Skowhegan & Bloomfield Villages SMITHFIELD Smithfield Village SOLON Solon Village Solon Hotel ST. ALBANS St. Albans Village STARKS Starks Village Statistics Table of Distances State House at Augusta Somerset Co Jail and Jailors Dwelling 1860 Map of Somerset County Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters. Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860

6 ANSON 6 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

7 Anson Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860

8 Somerset Hotel, W. H. Brown, Proprietor Anson, Maine 8 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

9 ATHENS Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860

10 Athens Village 10 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

11 BINGHAM Map of Somerset County, Maine

12 Bingham Village 12 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

13 BLOOMFIELD Map of Somerset County, Maine

14 Residence of Hon Abner Coburn Bloomfield 14 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

15 BRIGHTON Map of Somerset County, Maine

16 Brighton Centre 16 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

17 CAMBRIDGE Map of Somerset County, Maine

18 Cambridge Village 18 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

19 CANAAN Map of Somerset County, Maine

20 Canaan Village 20 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

21 CARATUNK Map of Somerset County, Maine

22 CONCORD 22 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

23 Concord Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine

24 CORNVILLE 24 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

25 Cornville Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine

26 DETROIT 26 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

27 Detroit Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

28 EMBDEN 28 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

29 Embden Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine

30 FAIRFIELD 30 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

31 Fairfield Village Somerset Mills Map of Somerset County, Maine

32 Kendall s Mills 32 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

33 FORKS PLANTATION Map of Somerset County, Maine

34 The Forks 34 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

35 HARMONY Map of Somerset County, Maine

36 Harmony Village Main Stream Village 36 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

37 HARTLAND Map of Somerset County, Maine

38 Hartland Village 38 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

39 St Albans Academy Hartland Map of Somerset County, Maine

40 LEXINGTON 40 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

41 MADISON Map of Somerset County, Maine

42 East Madison Village 42 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

43 Madison Bridge Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

44 MAYFIELD 44 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

45 MERCER Map of Somerset County, Maine

46 Mercer Village 46 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

47 MOSCOW Map of Somerset County, Maine

48 NEW PORTLAND 48 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

49 New Portland Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

50 East New Portland 50 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

51 North New Portland Map of Somerset County, Maine

52 TOWNSHIP NO Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

53 NORRIDGEWOCK Map of Somerset County, Maine

54 Norridgewock Village & South Norridgewock 54 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

55 Probate Office Somerset Co Court House Norridgewock House C.A. Bates Proprietor Map of Somerset County, Maine

56 Residence of Hanson Hight Esq. Residence of E. J. Peet Esq. Residence of John Abbot Esq. 56 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

57 NORTHERN PORTION Map of Somerset County, Maine

58 PALMYRA 58 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

59 Palmyra Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

60 Residence of Maj. B. S. Judkins Palmyra 60 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

61 PITTSFIELD Map of Somerset County, Maine

62 East Pittsfield 62 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

63 PLEASANT RIDGE Map of Somerset County, Maine

64 RIPLEY 64 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

65 Ripley Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

66 SKOWHEGAN 66 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

67 Skowhegan and Bloomfield Villages Map of Somerset County, Maine

68 SMITHFIELD 68 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

69 Smithfield Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

70 SOLON 70 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

71 Solon Village Map of Somerset County, Maine

72 Solon Hotel at Solon E.G. Savage Proprietor 72 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

73 ST. ALBANS Map of Somerset County, Maine

74 St. Albans Village 74 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

75 STARKS Map of Somerset County, Maine

76 Starks Village 76 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

77 Statistics Map of Somerset County, Maine

78 Table of Distances 78 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

79 State House at Agusta Map of Somerset County, Maine

80 Somerset Co Jail & Jailors Dwelling 80 Map of Somerset County, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

81 1860 Map of Somerset County Map of Somerset County, Maine