Oxford County: 16 Counties in Maine Series
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This is a micro hide. Part of the 16 Counties in Maine Series. BYOPOP
Do you know the county song?
Maine County Song
Sing to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy
16 counties in our State, Cumberland and Franklin.
Piscataquis, Somerset, Aroostook, Androscoggin
Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox and Hancock
Waldo, Washington and York
Oxford and Penobscot!
Oxford
SIZE: 2,023 square miles
INCORPORATED: 1805
COUNTY SEAT: So. Paris
POPULATION: 54,755
TOWNS: Andover, Bethel, Brownfield, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Denmark, Dixfield, Fryeburg, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Hebron, Hiram, Lovell, Mexico, Newry, Norway, Otisfield, Oxford, Paris, Peru, Porter, Roxbury, Rumford, Stoneham, Stowe, Sumner, Sweden, Upton, Waterford, West Paris and Woodstock.
PLANTATIONS: Lincoln and Magalloway.
Tourmaline, amethyst, topaz and garnets are all found in Maine.
Born in Paris (Paris Hill), Maine, Hannibal Hamlin became the first person from Maine to serve as Vice - President of the United States.
1979 - Rumford native, Senator Edmund Muskie replaces Cyrus Vance as President Carter's Secretary of State.
South Paris is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oxford County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 2,237. It is the county seat of Oxford CountyGR6. It is located within the town of Paris, and most parts of the town are also popularly referred to as "South Paris" whether they are part of the CDP or not.
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