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Pownal, Cumberland, ME
Pownal is a town in Cumberland County, settled in 1680 and incorporated on March 3, 1808 from a portion of Freeport, while Maine was still a part of Massachusetts. It was named for governor Thomas Pownall of Massachusetts. Pownal swapped land with North Yarmouth in 1813 and 1816 to complete its current boundaries.
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1808 - Pownal separated from Freeport and became its own town
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1839 - Pownal
Pownal, Maine
Cumberland county. This is a small town, of good soil, and bounded N. by Durham. It lies 35 miles S.W. from Augusta and 19 N. from Portland. Incorporated, 1808. Population, 1837, 1,232.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. Alphabetically arranged. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
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1850 - Population of Pownal - 1,000
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1854 - Pownal
Pownal, a post-township in Cumberland co., Maine, 34 miles S. W. from Augusta. Population, 1074.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1855 - A railroad depot opened in West Pownal
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1895 - Pownal
Pow’nal, a post-hamlet in Pownal township, Cumberland co., Me., about 20 miles N. by E. of Portland. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 981.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Pownal, a post-village in Pownal township (town), Cumberland co., Me., 19 miles N. by E. of Portland, on the Grand Trunk R. Pop. of the town in 1900, 592.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Moses NOYES (29 March 1746, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) - 1831, Pownal, Maine, USA)Ellison LIBBY (24 October 1781, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro) - 31 Octoer 1852, Pownal, Maine, USA)Bailey T ROYALL (13 May 1811, Pownal, Maine, USA - 11 May 1875, Dixfield, Maine, USA)Darius LIBBY (4 January 1812, Pownal, Maine, USA - 1863, Pownal, Maine, USA)Edward LIBBY (3 July 1816, Pownal, Maine, USA - 3 November 1856, Pownal, Maine, USA)Jeremiah H. LIBBY (9 November 1819, Pownal, Maine, USA - 18 November 1877, Pownal, Maine, USA)Cary LIBBY (18 November 1821, Pownal, Maine, USA - 21 April 1852, Pownal, Maine, USA)
Sarah Ann VERRILL (9 February 1838, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills) - 20 June 1916, Pownal, Maine, USA)Parker Dwight BOYD (1840, - 1 October 1872, Pownal, Maine, USA)Ancestors Who Were Married in Pownal, Maine, USA
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Aaron CHOATE (7 February 1766 - 18 March 1853) and Elizabeth ACORN (1770 - 1844) married 20 December 1788
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