Oxford County Historical Societies

Andover · Bethel · Brownfield · Buckfield · Byron · Canton · Dixfield · Fryeburg · Gilead · Greenwood · Hebron · Hiram · Lovell · Norway · Otisfield · Oxford · Paris · Porter · Rumford · Sweden · Waterford · West Paris · Woodstock

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Andover Historical Society

Andover, ME 04216
History of the Society: http://www.andovermaine.com/histsocy.html

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Bethel Historical Society

PO Box 12
10-14 Broad Street
Bethel, ME 04217
Telephone: 207-824-2908 or 1-800-824-2910
Fax: 207-824-0882
Email: history@bdc.bethel.me.us
Website: http://www.bethelhistorical.org
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=1587

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Brownfield Historical Society

PO Box 264
Brownfield, ME 04010
Telephone: 207-935-4392

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Buckfield Historical Society

Municipal Building
Turner St.
Buckfield, ME 04220
Website: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6941/society.html

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Byron Historical Society

1 Byron Village Rd.
Byron, ME 04275
Telephone: 207-364-3194

Contact: Melissa Plourde, President
Email: mudhead@gwi.net

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Canton Historical Society

PO Box 605
409 Canton Point Road
Canton, ME 04221
Telephone: 207-597-2005
Email: jdavis@meagalink.net
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=160

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Dixfield Historical Society

PO Box 182
63 Main Street
Dixfield, ME 04224

Contact: Donna Towle, President
Telephone: 207-562-7595
Email: btowle@megalink.net
Website: http://www.dixfieldhistory.com/

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Fryeburg Historical Society

96 Main Street
Fryeburg, ME 04037
Telephone: 207-935-4192
Email: museum@pivot.net
Website: http://www.geocities.com/fryeburghs/index.htm

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Gilead Historical Society

14 Depot Street
Gilead, ME 04217
Email: chapmal@hotmail.com
Blog: http://www.gileadhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.bethelhistorical.org/Gilead,%20Maine%20%20Exploring%20Its%20Past.html
Bethel Citizen Column Archive: http://gileadnewspaperarchives.blogspot.com/

The society has published its fourth book, The Cemeteries of Gilead, Maine, by Hugh and Linsley Chapman. The town's cemeteries include Chapman Cemetery, Lary South (Pine Grove Cemetery), Lary North (Tallyrand G. Lary Cemetery), and Peabody Cemetery.

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Greenwood Historical Society

PO Box 141
Greenwood, ME 04255
Contact: John Davis, Co-President
Telephone: 207-743-9552

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Hebron Historical Society

Moody Memorial Library
P.O. Box 294
Brighton Hill
Hebron, ME 04238
Telephone: 207-846-5683
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=237

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Hiram Historical Society

158 Sebago Road
Hiram, ME 04041
Telephone: 207-625-4663
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mechiram/contacts.htm
Repository Guide: http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/mhrab/repos/rpage055.htm
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=239

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Lovell Historical Society

PO Box 166
Lovell, ME 04051-0166
Telephone: 207-925-3234

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Norway Historical Society

Location: 232 Main Street, Norway
Mailing Address: PO Box 167
Norway, ME 04268
Telephone: 207-743-7377
Repository Guide: http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/mhrab/repos/rpage055.htm

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Otisfield Historical Society

Contact: David Hankins
202 Scribner Hill Road
Otisfield, Maine 04270
Telephone: 207-539-2521
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecotisf/otis8.htm

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Oxford Historical Society

Contact: Clarence H. Merrill, Curator
Pleasant Street
Oxford, ME 04270
Telephone: 207-539-2622

Send all queries to:
Dorene Bartlett, Researcher
270 Webber Brook Road
Oxford, ME 04270
Telephone: 207-743-2621

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Paris Cape Historical Society

Location: Route 26 (north of Market Square), South Paris
Mailing Address: 19 Park Street
South Paris, ME 04281
Telephone: 207-743-2462

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

Main Street
Porter ME 04068
Telephone: 207-625-4667
Website: http://www.parsonsfieldporterhistorical.org/

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Rumford Area Historical Society

Municipal Building
145 Congress St.
Rumford, ME 04276
Telephone: 207-364-2540
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=90

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Sweden Historical Society

Contact: Marion Flint Brooks, Secretary
RR 1 Box 405
Naples ME 04055
Email: marion@pivot.net
Repository Guide: http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/mhrab/repos/rpage118.htm

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Waterford Historical Society Museum

PO Box 201
Waterford, Maine 04088

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West Paris Historical Society

Main Street
West Paris, ME 04289

Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine

Location: Finnish-American Heritage Center, Maple St., West Paris
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 294
West Paris, ME 04289
Blog: http://finnblog.mlscore.com/

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Woodstock Historical Society Museum

70 South Main St.
Bryant Pond, Maine 04219
Telephone: 207-665-2450
MAM Page: http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=118

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