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From: "donn robinson" <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Maine Town Histories
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:35:49 -0500
References: <20041219.122215.3688.1.dean.scribner@juno.com>


Fairfield was never in Aroostook County as is shown in Ray's Corner is the
only message I was trying to convey.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Scribner" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Maine Town Histories


> donn robinson writes:
>>Fort Fairfield is in Aroostook County, Fairfield is
>>situated in the south east corner of Somerset County
>
> Yes! And between 1799 and 1809, Fairfield was in Kennebec County, and
> before 1799, Fairfield was in Lincoln County, and before 1760 what later
> became Fairfield was in York County. The locations of Maine towns was
> pretty stable, but counties and county boundaries changed frequently in
> the 18th and 19th centuries, and the towns themselves often changed their
> names from time to time.
>
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