Dixmont, Maine Vital Records
- Author: Linda A. Strauss and Richard E. Spinney
- SKU: 2062
- ISBN: 0897255046
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Dixmont, Maine Vital Records, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 41 by Linda A. Strauss and Richard E. Spinney. 192pp, 4,646 entry Every Name Index. 2003. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 248pp.
The town of Dixmont is located about 20 miles southwesterly from Bangor, Maine, the seat of government for Penobscot County. Dixmont is one of the five townships, each six miles square, that were granted to the trustees of Bowdoin College by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an act of June 24, 1794. It was shown as Number 3, Range 1, North of the Waldo Patent on the original survey made by Ephriam Ballard and Samuel Weston in 1792. Until February 16, 1816, when Penobscot County was formed, Dixmont was located in Hancock County.
Being owned by Bowdoin College, the area was first known as Collegetown and later Height-of-Land. Collegetown was first settled in 1799 and by the next year the population had swelled to 59. On July 12, 1801, Dr. Elijah Dix of Boston purchased 20,040 acres for $21,431. The area continued to attract settlers and Dixmont, which was briefly called Dixmount, was incorporated as Maine
