{"id":1187,"date":"2025-07-03T16:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:56:30","slug":"maine-village-maps-from-1850s-as-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/maine-village-maps-from-1850s-as-prints\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Village maps from 1850s -as prints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

368 village maps now available!<\/strong>
(or click here to see 1000s of Maine Maps)<\/span><\/mark><\/a>
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Village of Brooks Maine in 1859 – Reprint by Old Maps (margins added) – orig size 3″ x 4″
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368 village maps – many of them the first ever made – appear in the margins of the 15 Maine county wall maps of 1856 – 1860. (Click here to view all of our Town & Village maps made from the Maine county wall maps).<\/span><\/mark><\/a>

We have “chopped up” all the wall maps to make 368 village maps like this example. <\/strong>

The special appeal is the names and locations of home and business sites.

For example, There are 30 village detail maps (and 11 pictures) on the Waldo County map.<\/strong>
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The Rockport Village map<\/span><\/mark><\/a> measures about 8×11 (after we added the margins).

The added Business Directory increased the appeal of the wall map in 1859 and is fun to read today

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It is assumed that these men paid to have their names printed on the Business Directory map in 1859.
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These 1859 maps of may be the oldest maps to label houses and businesses in Waldo County’s towns and villages.
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Here is another example of a village map.

Branch Mills<\/span><\/mark><\/a> straddles two towns as shown on the map: China and Palermo.


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Interestingly Branch Mills is also mapped on the 1956 map of Kennebec County.<\/span><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Again, there are 368 Maine village maps like these examples on our web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Branch Mills is also seen on our Palermo Town Map “chop-up” print. On the left edge is the Town Line with China township,

We also have 31 Waldo County 1959 Town maps like this one, in addition to the 30 village maps.

<\/a>At this link you can see all the 75 “chop-ups” we did for Waldo County – Towns, Villages and Prints<\/span><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to the Town and Village maps, the Maine county wall maps have pictures of noted scenes and buildings. The view of the city of Belfast in 1859.<\/span><\/mark><\/a> We also offer these as prints.


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