Add YOUR Family To This Page
What is the history of Sanford, Maine, USA ?
People, Pictures, Old Postcards and Stories From the Past
(Springvale)
Explore Sanford, Maine, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures and genealogy.
Sanford, York, Maine, USA
"Sanford, a post-village in Sanford township, York co., Me., on the Mousam River, about 35 miles W.S.W. of Portland, and 4 mile S. of Springvale Station, which is on the Portland & Rochester Railroad. It has 2 churches, a graded school, and 2 or 3 woollen-mills, in which carriage robes and blankets are made. It is often called Sanford Corner. The township contains a larger village, named Springvale, which has a cotton-factory. Mousam River £ water-power for many mills. Pop of township, 2734."
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
"Sanford, a post-village in Sanford township, York co., Me., on the Mousam River, about 35 miles W.S.W. of Portland, and 4 mile S. of Springvale Station, which is on the Portland & Rochester Railroad. It has 2 churches, a graded school, and 2 or 3 woollen-mills, in which carriage robes and blankets are made. It is often called Sanford Corner. The township contains a larger village, named Springvale, which has a cotton-factory. Mousam River £ water-power for many mills. Pop of township, 2734."
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
Not the place you are looking for? Try again!
Search for Your Family by Place
- 1886 - Sanford
Sanford, in York County, is the western portion of a tract of land
purchased in 1661 by Major William Phillips of the Indian chiefs Fluellen,...Read MORE... 
Looking up School St., Sanford, Me.
The Dam and View of Sanford, Me., 1910
Main St.
Sanford Trust Co.
Episcopal Church- 1901 Sanford, Maine
SANFORD is situated in latitude 43° 25' north, and in longitude
6° 13' east from Washington, or 70° 47' west from Greenwich.
It is about four...Read MORE... - 1906
Sanford, a post-village in Sanford township (town), York co., Me., on the Mousam River, about 35 miles WSW. of Portland. It has manufactures of dress ...Read MORE... 
Sanford, Me., 1906, showing coal company, insurance company and various other businesses
Maine Alpaca Mills, Springvale, Me.
Emerson School, 1907
Looking up School St., 1907
Main St., 1909
"The Chapel" City Cemetery
The New Dam
Fire Station, 1910
Sanford and Springvale R.R. Station
Town Hall, 1910
Upper Main St.
Residences of Hon. Fred J. Allen, George Goodall and Louis Goodall, Sanford, Me., 1912
The Square, Looking from Main St., 1912
Leavitt Block, 1913
Thos. Goodall Residence
Mill Square, 1915
Plush Mills, 1915
The Square
Hotel Sanford, 1916
Leavitt Theatre
Sanford Mills
Main Street, 1930
Goodall Worsted Co.
Goodall Memorial Hospital
Goodall Memorial Library
Sanford, Maine, USA Genealogy
Ancestors Who Were Born in Sanford, Maine, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were born in Sanford.View Them Now (sorted by last name)
View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
Ancestors Who Died in Sanford, Maine, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who died in Sanford.View Them Now (sorted by last name)
View Them Now (sorted by year of death)
Ancestors Who Were Married in Sanford, Maine, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were married in Sanford.View Them Now
Updated: 6/15/2019 10:51:45 AM
Are you from Sanford? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
If you'd like to be contacted by others who have ancestors from Sanford, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.