Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 To find your town, click on the name in the list below ALBION AUGUSTA BELGRADE BENTON CHELSEA CHINA CLINTON CLINTON GORE FARMINGDALE FAYETTE GARDINER HALLOWELL LITCHFIELD MANCHESTER MONMOUTH MOUNT VERNON PITTSTON READFIELD ROME SIDNEY UNITY PLANTATION VASSALBORO VIENNA WATERVILLE WAYNE WEST GARDINER WINDSOR WINSLOW WINTHROP A complete copy of the 1856 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. Edition of March 2013 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856
Modern Town Outline Map Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
1856 Map of Kennebec County The original map is a large wall map measuring 55 x 56. 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 Kennebec County, Maine 1856
An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1856 Map of Kennebec County is an important historical document.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 also produced Maine county maps of Androscoggin, Cumberland, and Somerset. 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 an 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 Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Table of Contents Title Page Modern Town Outline Map 1856 Map of Kennebec County An Historical Sketch Table of Contents ALBION AUGUSTA Augusta Village & Business Dir. State House Court House & Asylum for the Insane BELGRADE Belgrade Mills BENTON CHELSEA CHINA China Village & South China Branch Mills & Weeks Mills CLINTON & CLINTON GORE Clinton Village FARMINGDALE Farmingdale Village & Business Cards FAYETTE & Fayette Mills GARDINER Gardiner Village HALLOWELL City of Hallowell Residence of A. H. Howard LITCHFIELD Litchfield Corner Litchfield Academy MANCHESTER Manchester Forks MONMOUTH Monmouth Village & North Monmouth Res. of Thomas L. Stanton Esq. MOUNT VERNON Mount Vernon Village PITTSTON Pittstown Village READFIELD Readfield Corner ROME SIDNEY UNITY PLANTATON VASSALBORO North Vassalboro East Vassalboro & Getchell s or Vassalboro Corner Friends Oak Grove Seminary Res. of J.D.Lang Woolen Mills of the North Vassalboro Manery Co VIENNA & Vienna Village WATERVILLE Waterville Village West Waterville Elmwood Hotel By John L. Seavy S Wings Daguerrian Gallery Waterville College WAYNE Wayne Village & North Wayne WEST GARDINER WINDSOR WINSLOW Winslow Village WINTHROP Winthrop Village Statistics Table of Distances 1856 Map of Kennebec County Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters. Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 5
ALBION 6 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
AUGUSTA Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856
Augusta Village 8 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856
Court House State House Asylum for the Insane 10 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BELGRADE Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 11
Belgrade Mills 12 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
BENTON Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 13
CHELSEA 14 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
CHINA Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 15
China Village South China 16 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Weeks Mills Branch Mills Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 17
CLINTON & CLINTON GORE 18 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Clinton Village Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 19
FARMINGDALE 20 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Farmingdale Village Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 21
FAYETTE 22 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
GARDINER Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 23
24 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 25
HALLOWELL 26 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
City of Hallowell Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 27
Residence of A. H. Howard, Hallowell 28 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
LITCHFIELD Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 29
Litchfield Corner 30 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Litchfield Academy Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 31
MANCHESTER 32 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Manchester Forks Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 33
MONMOUTH 34 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Monmouth Village North Monmouth Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 35
Res. of Thomas L. Stanton Esq., North Monmouth 36 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
MOUNT VERNON Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 37
Mount Vernon Village 38 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
PITTSTON Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 39
Pittston Village 40 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
READFIELD Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 41
Readfield Corner 42 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
ROME Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 43
SIDNEY 44 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
UNITY PLANTATION Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 45
VASSALBORO 46 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
North Vassalboro Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 47
East Vassalboro Getchell s Corner 48 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Friends Oak Grove Seminary Vassalboro Res. of J.D. Lang Vassalboro Woolen Mills of the North Vassalboro Manfry Co Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 49
VIENNA 50 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WATERVILLE Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 51
52 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com Waterville Village
West Waterville Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 53
Elmwood Hotel by John L. Seavy Waterville S Wings Daguerrian Gallery Waterville Waterville College Waterville 54 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WAYNE Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 55
Wayne Village North Wayne 56 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WEST GARDINER Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 57
WINDSOR 58 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WINSLOW Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 59
Winslow Village 60 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
WINTHROP Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 61
Winthrop Village 62 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Statistics Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 63
Table of Distances 64 Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 2013 Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH 03466 www.old-maps.com
Map of Kennebec County Map of Kennebec County, Maine 1856 65