Online Resources

Biddeford-Saco Directories Online

1849

1875

1880

1882

1906 (Saco & Old Orchard Directory)

1913

1920

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Saco Area Maps

1848: Plan of Lands of Saco Water Power Co. at Saco & Biddeford

1851: Map of the Villages of Saco and Biddeford York County, Maine from Original Surveys H.F. Walling, Civ. Engineer O. Harkness.

1856: Wall Map of York County, Maine, J.L. Smith & Co.

1872: Atlas of York County, Maine (including Wards of Saco & Biddeford)

1875: Birds-Eye View of the Cities of Biddeford & Saco (As Seen from Northeast)

1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 & 1922: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Saco, ME

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Local History

Abbe Museum (Wabanaki History Education Resource Hub)

Maine Memory Network (Maine’s Statewide Digital Museum)

The Biddeford Historic Newspaper Archive (1812-1989), McArthur Public Library

History of Saco and Biddeford (1830) by George Folsom

Saco Valley Settlements and Families (1895) by Gideon Tibbetts Ridlon

Old Times in Saco (1891) by Daniel Owen

History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (1880) by W. Woodford Clayton

First book of records of the town of Pepperellborough now the city of Saco (1895)