Maine
Statehood: 15 Mar 1820
23rd state of the United States
Bordering states:
West: New Hampshire
Capital: Augusta
Largest city: Portland
Map: Maine, 1820s
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Counties: Original counties as listed in the 1820 Maine Constitution, Article 5, Schedule, Sect. 1: Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Somerset, Washington, and York. Maine County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 16.
Resources
Personal Library
Also available online
Also available online
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Bowdoin Libraries, Maine History
Additional Websites
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Maine
Community History Archive Newspapers: Maine
Small Town Newspapers
(Scroll to Maine)
Bangor Daily News, 1970s-2000s
Google Archives
Maps
Maine Maps, Library of Congress
Maine Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Main County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
Maine Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Maine Record Sets (Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of Maine
Documentary History of the State of Maine, Maine Historical Society, 1900.
A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, Geo. J. Varney, 1881.
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, vol. 3, Rev. Henry S. Burrage, D.D., 1909.
The History of the State of Maine : from its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to the Separation, A.D. 1820, vol. 1, William D. Williamson, 1832.
The History of the State of Maine : from its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to the Separation, A.D. 1820, vol. 2, William D. Williamson, 1832.
Maine: Her Place in History, Address Delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1876, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1877.
Maine; a History, Louis Clinton Hatch, 1919.
The Maine Historical Magazine, 1891.
The Penobscot Language of Maine, J. Dyneley Prince, 1910.
Androscoggin County
History of Androscoggin County, Maine, Georgia Drew Merrill, 1891.
Cumberland County
Falmouth, Maine, Town Records, Book 1, 1718-1728, book one.
History of Cumberland Co., Maine, W. W. Clayton, 1880.
Hancock County
History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine; including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagöet, George Augustus Wheeler, 1875.
Vital Statistics, Copied from Town Records, Penobscot, Maine, 1787, Date of Incorporation, to 1875, Brooksville Historical Society, 1940.
Penobscot County
The Bangor Historical Magazine, vol. 5, Joseph W. Porter, editor, July 1889-June 1890.
Bangor, Maine, an Illustrated History, 1769-1976, James B. Vickery, Bangor Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976. Note; Must be logged in; can be borrowed for one hour.
History of Penobscot County, Maine; with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Williams, Chase, and Co.,1882.
York County
History of York County, Maine, W. W. Clayton, 1880.
Manuscripts
Maine Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Maine Manuscripts, Library of Congress