Rangeley Plantation, Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Franklin  Rangeley Plantation  Rangeley Plantation is a Maine plantation in the forests on the west central side of Franklin County. A Rangeley Plantation was first organized in 1840, but by 1845 it was part of a multi-township plantation called Plantations 2 and 3 R1 and 2 and 3 R2 formed from:


 * Township 2 R1 WBKP (now Sandy River Plantation)
 * Township 3 R1 WBKP (now Rangeley Plantation)
 * Number 2 R2 WBKP Plantation (now Dallas Plantation)
 * Number 3 R2 WBKP Plantation (now Rangeley (Town))

but that long name was changed to Dallas Plantation in 1845, and changed in turn to Rangeley Plantation in 1852. Multi-township plantations were abolished in 1859, and it was split into four parts, including the present-day Rangeley Plantation (T3 R1).