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2021 Map of Mechanic Falls

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Mechanic Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Mechanic Falls and Poland anchor this 2021 landscape at the intersection of Androscoggin, Oxford, and Cumberland counties. The area is defined by its interconnected water systems, where the Little Androscoggin River winds through the northern settlements and the large expanses of Thompson Lake and Tripp Pond dominate the central and southern reaches. Small settlements like West Poland and the curiously named Promised Land appear alongside numerous family-named hills, including Pigeon Hill and Megquier Hill.

Genealogists will find this particular survey invaluable for its density of small burial grounds. Nearly twenty distinct cemeteries are documented, ranging from larger sites like Pine Grove Cem to smaller, isolated family plots such as the Edwards Family Cem, Amos Estes Family Cem, and the remote Old Cem in the Woods. This distribution of cemeteries and family-named landmarks like Johnson Hill suggests a long-standing pattern of multi-generational land ownership and localized rural communities persisting into the modern era.