Rangeley Plantation, Franklin County, Maine Genealogy


 * Not to be confused with the much larger plantation, part of which was used to form this smaller plantation. Nor to be confused with the Town of Rangeley nearby, also set off from the larger 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 Number 2 and 3 R1 and 2 and 3 R2 Plantations 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 back to Rangeley Plantation in 1852. In 1855 the Town of Rangeley (T3 R2) was set off from a portion of that plantation, and that town continues to today. The large multi-township plantations were abolished in 1859, and left-over Rangeley Plantation was split into its three remaining parts, including the modern, smaller Rangeley Plantation (T3 R1).