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 03466 www.old-maps.com Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860
Modern Town Outline Map Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
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
An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1860 Map of Somerset County is an important historical document.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 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
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
ANSON 6 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Anson Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860
Somerset Hotel, W. H. Brown, Proprietor Anson, Maine 8 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ATHENS Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860
Athens Village 10 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BINGHAM Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 11
Bingham Village 12 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BLOOMFIELD Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 13
Residence of Hon Abner Coburn Bloomfield 14 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BRIGHTON Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 15
Brighton Centre 16 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CAMBRIDGE Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 17
Cambridge Village 18 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CANAAN Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 19
Canaan Village 20 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CARATUNK Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 21
CONCORD 22 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Concord Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 23
CORNVILLE 24 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Cornville Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 25
DETROIT 26 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Detroit Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 27
EMBDEN 28 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Embden Directory Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 29
FAIRFIELD 30 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Fairfield Village Somerset Mills Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 31
Kendall s Mills 32 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
FORKS PLANTATION Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 33
The Forks 34 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
HARMONY Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 35
Harmony Village Main Stream Village 36 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
HARTLAND Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 37
Hartland Village 38 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
St Albans Academy Hartland Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 39
LEXINGTON 40 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MADISON Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 41
East Madison Village 42 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Madison Bridge Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 43
MAYFIELD 44 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MERCER Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 45
Mercer Village 46 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MOSCOW Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 47
NEW PORTLAND 48 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
New Portland Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 49
East New Portland 50 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
North New Portland Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 51
TOWNSHIP NO. 2 52 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
NORRIDGEWOCK Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 53
Norridgewock Village & South Norridgewock 54 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Probate Office Somerset Co Court House Norridgewock House C.A. Bates Proprietor Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 55
Residence of Hanson Hight Esq. Residence of E. J. Peet Esq. Residence of John Abbot Esq. 56 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
NORTHERN PORTION Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 57
PALMYRA 58 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Palmyra Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 59
Residence of Maj. B. S. Judkins Palmyra 60 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PITTSFIELD Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 61
East Pittsfield 62 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PLEASANT RIDGE Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 63
RIPLEY 64 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Ripley Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 65
SKOWHEGAN 66 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Skowhegan and Bloomfield Villages Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 67
SMITHFIELD 68 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Smithfield Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 69
SOLON 70 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Solon Village Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 71
Solon Hotel at Solon E.G. Savage Proprietor 72 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ST. ALBANS Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 73
St. Albans Village 74 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
STARKS Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 75
Starks Village 76 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Statistics Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 77
Table of Distances 78 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
State House at Agusta Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 79
Somerset Co Jail & Jailors Dwelling 80 Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1860 Map of Somerset County Map of Somerset County, Maine 1860 81