Map of Washington County, Maine 1861 ADDISON ALEXANDER BAILEYVILLE BARING BEDDINGTON CALAIS CENTREVILLE CHARLOTTE CHERRYFIELD COLUMBIA COOPER CRAWFORD To find your town, click on the name in the list below CUTLER DEBLOIS DENNYSVILLE EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON EAST MACHIAS EASTPORT EDMUNDS HARRINGTON HINKLEY INDIAN TOWNSHIP JONESBORO JONESPORT LUBEC MACHIAS MACHIAS PORT MARION MARSHFIELD MEDDYBEMPS MILLBRIDGE NORTH WASHINGTON NORTHFIELD PEMBROKE NORTHERN PORTIONS A complete copy of the 1861 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. Edition of 2011 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield NH 03466 www.old-maps.com PERRY PRINCETON ROBBINSTON STEUBEN TALMADGE TRESCOTT TOPSFIELD WAITE WESLEY WHITING WHITNEYVILLE Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Modern Town Outline Map Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1861 Map of Washington County The original map is a large wall map measuring 62 x 62. 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. Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1861 Map of Washington County is an important historical document.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, Henry F. Walling, was an accomplished mapmaker who had earlier produced similar maps of several other Maine counties, as well as maps of Vermont and Massachusetts. 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 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. Note on Map Size This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as an 11 x 14 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. Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Table of Contents Modern Town Outline Map 1861 Map of Washington County Historical Sketch Table of Contents ADDISON Addison Point & Indian River ALEXANDER BAILEYVILLE BARING Baring BEDDINGTON CALAIS Calais Calais Academy & Normal School CENTREVILLE CHARLOTTE CHERRYFIELD Cherryfield COLUMBIA Columbia COOPER CRAWFORD CUTLER Cutler DEBLOIS DENNYSVILLE Dennysville EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON EAST MACHIAS East Machias Washington Academy EASTPORT EastPort EDMUNDS HARRINGTON Harrington HINKLEY INDIAN TOWNSHIP JONESBORO Jonesboro JONESPORT Jonesport LUBEC Lubec MACHIAS Machias Washington County Jail, Libby Hall Congregational Church, County Court House MACHIAS PORT Machias Port MARION MARSHFIELD MEDDYBEMPS Meddybemps MILLBRIDGE Millbridge NORTHFIELD PEMBROKE Pembroke PERRY Perry PRINCETON Princeton ROBBINSTON Mill Cove & Robbinston STEUBEN Steuben TALMADGE TRESCOTT TOPSFIELD WAITE WESLEY WHITING Whiting WHITNEYVILLE Whitneyville NORTH WASHINGTON Northern Portion of Washington County Statistics Population of Washington County, 1860 Table of Distances Map of Washington County Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters. Modern names are in parentheses where they differ from the 1861 names. Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ADDISON 6 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Addison Point & Indian River Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ALEXANDER 8 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BAILEYVILLE Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BARING 10 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Baring Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 11
BEDDINGTON 12 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CALAIS Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 13
Calais Village 14 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Calais Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 15
Calais Academy & Normal School 16 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CENTREVILLE Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 17
CHARLOTTE 18 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CHERRYFIELD Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 19
Cherryfield Village 20 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
COLUMBIA Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 21
Columbia Village 22 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
COOPER Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 23
CRAWFORD 24 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CUTLER Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 25
Cutler Village 26 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
DEBLOIS Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 27
DENNYSVILLE 28 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Dennysville Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 29
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON 30 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
EAST MACHIAS Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 31
East Machias Village 32 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Washington Academy Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 33
EASTPORT 34 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Eastport Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 35
EDMUNDS 36 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
HARRINGTON Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 37
Harrington Village 38 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
HINKLEY Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 39
INDIAN TOWNSHIP 40 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
JONESBORO Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 41
Jonesboro Village 42 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
JONESPORT Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 43
Jonesport Village 44 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
LUBEC Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 45
Lubec Village 46 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MACHIAS Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 47
Machias Village 48 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Washington County Jail Libby Hall Congregational Church Washington County Court House Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 49
MACHIAS PORT 50 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Machias Port Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 51
MARION 52 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MARSHFIELD Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 53
MEDDYBEMPS 54 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Meddybemps Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 55
MILLBRIDGE 56 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Millbridge Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 57
NORTHFIELD 58 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PEMBROKE Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 59
Pembroke Village 60 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PERRY Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 61
Perry Village 62 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PRINCETON Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 63
Princeton Village 64 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ROBBINSTON Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 65
Mill Cove & Robbinston Village 66 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
STEUBEN Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 67
Steuben Village 68 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
TALMADGE Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 69
TRESCOTT 70 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
TOPSFIELD Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 71
WAITE 72 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WESLEY Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 73
WHITING 74 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Whiting Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 75
WHITNEYVILLE 76 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Whitneyville Village Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 77
STATISTICS 78 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
NORTH WASHINGTON Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 79
Northern Portions of Washington County CODYVILLE, DANFORTHS, TALMADGE, TOPSFIELD, & WAITE 80 Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1861 Map of Washington County Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine 1861 2011 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com 81