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List Of Unorganized Territories In Maine
The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is that area of Maine having no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 429 townships (including the Baxter State Park area), plus many coastal islands that do not lie within municipal bounds. The UT land area is slightly over one half the area of the entire State of Maine. Year round residents number approximately 9,000, with many more people seasonally residing in the UT. ''Most of the UTs in the northern and eastern areas of the state have numerical references such as T13 R16 WELS and do not have names.'' Partial list of ''named'' unorganized territories in Maine in table format sortable by column header. Partial list of ''named'' unorganized territories See also *List of cities in Maine *List of towns in Maine *List of plantations in Maine References {{DEFAULTSORT:unorganized territories in Maine Geography of Maine Places Place may refer to: Geography * Place (United States Census Burea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bancroft, Maine
Bancroft is a township in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 57 at the 2020 census. On July 1, 2015 the town voted to deorganize and become part of the unorganized territory of South Aroostook. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 68 people, 34 households, and 20 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 94 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 100.0% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population. There were 34 households, of which 8.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.2% were non-families. 41.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Hancock, Maine
East Hancock is an unorganized territory in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 85 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 481.2 square miles (1,246.4 km2), of which 444.3 square miles (1,150.6 km2) is land and 37.0 square miles (95.8 km2) (7.68%) is water. The territory consists of thirteen townships located along the northern and eastern border of the county. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 73 people, 32 households, and 18 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.2 people per square mile (0.1/km2). There were 580 housing units at an average density of 1.3/sq mi (0.5/km2). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 97.26% White, 1.37% Native American, and 1.37% from two or more races. There were 32 households, out of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Oxford, Maine
North Oxford is an unorganized territory in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 546.2 square miles (1,414.7 km2), of which, 509.6 square miles (1,319.9 km2) of it is land and 36.6 square miles (94.8 km2) of it (6.70%) is water. The territory consists of fifteen townships, which are Riley, Grafton, Andover North Surplus, Andover West Surplus, Township C, C Surplus, Richardsontown, Adamstown, Lower Cupsuptic, Parkertown, Upper Cupsuptic, Lynchtown, Oxbow, Parmachenee, and Bowmantown. The terrain is mountainous with little level ground suitable for raising crops; and the elevation causes frost in June and August leaving a growing season of about 60 days. History of Grafton Grafton, the southernmost township, was the only township to achieve incorporation. The first European settler was James Brown in 1834. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County is a county in the state of Maine, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 57,777. Its county seat is the town of Paris. The county was formed on March 4, 1805, by the Massachusetts General Court in the Maine District from northerly portions of York and Cumberland counties. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of Oxford County is included in the Lewiston- Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area while a different part of Oxford County is included in the Portland- South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.5%) is water. Adjacent counties and municipalities * Franklin County – northeast * Androscoggin County – east * Cumberland County – southeast * York County – south * Carroll County, New Hampshire – southwest * Coös County, New Hampshire – west * Le G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton, Maine
Milton is an unorganized territory (township) in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 150 at the 2020 census. The township was formerly a plantation that surrendered its organization in 1939. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 15.0 square miles (38.7 km2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 123 people, 47 households, and 32 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 8.2 people per square mile (3.2/km2). There were 61 housing units at an average density of 4.1/sq mi (1.6/km2). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 100.00% White. There were 47 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louds Island, Maine
Louds Island, also once known as Muscongus Island, is an island in Muscongus Bay off the coast of Round Pond, a village of Bristol, Maine. It is also an unorganized territory of Maine. It is approximately long and wide at its widest point. The island did not have a flush toilet until 2009. The 2020 Census lists Louds Island with a population of 3. It is part of the unorganized territory of Lincoln County. History According to island chronicler Charles McLane, Louds seceded from the town of Bristol and also the United States in the early 1860s—although there are differing versions of exactly why. McLane says "the secession, in any case, was real enough and Louds has remained townless to the present day and remained stateless until the early 1900s." Louds Island hosted a "vigorous settlement that peaked in the post-Civil war era," but its year-round community dwindled over the next century. Its school closed in 1962 and the last of the year-round residents departed soon ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln County, Maine
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,237. Its seat is Wiscasset. The county was founded in 1760 by the Massachusetts General Court from a portion of York County, Massachusetts and named after the English city Lincoln, the birthplace of Massachusetts Bay Provincial Governor Thomas Pownall. At its founding, Lincoln County accounted for three-fifths of the state's land, and stretched east to Nova Scotia. Thirteen counties were cut out of this land including Sagadahoc County to the west and a portion of Kennebec County to the north. The county flag is a traditional New England flag, adopted in 1977. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (35%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in Maine by area. Adjacent counties * Kennebec County — north *Waldo County — northeast * Knox County — east * Sagadahoc County — west Demographics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibberts Gore, Maine
Hibberts Gore (also called Hibberts) is a gore in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The gore's population was one as of the 2020 United States Census. History Ignored by the surveyors who mapped Maine, it remained unincorporated as the rest of the state was divided into cities, towns, and plantations. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Hibberts Gore has a total area of 0.752 sq mi (1.95 km2), of which 0.745 sq mi (1.93 km2) is land and 0.007 sq mi (0.02 km2), or 0.9%, is water. The water is primarily wetlands, part of Sheepscot Pond, which is the headwaters of Sheepscot River. Demographics As of the Census of 2020, there was 1 person, 1 household, and 0 families in Hibberts Gore. See also *Monowi, Nebraska Monowi ( ) is an incorporated village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. It garnered national and international recognition after the 2010 United States census counted only one resident of the village, Elsie Eiler. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscle Ridge Islands, Maine
Muscle Ridge Islands is an archipelago and unorganized territory off the coast of South Thomaston in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 9 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ..., the unorganized territory has a total area of 49.7 square miles (128.6 km2), of which 0.95 square miles (2.45 km2) is land and 48.7 square miles (126.2 km2) is water (98%). The archipelago includes over a dozen islands, including Andrews, Dix, Fisherman, Pleasant, Graffam, and Two Bush Island, which is home to the Two Bush Island Light. References {{authority control Unorganized territories in Maine Populated places in Knox County, Maine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox County, Maine
Knox County is a county located in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,607. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. The county was established on April 1, 1860, and is the most recent county to be created in Maine. It was carved from parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. The Union Fair, started in 1868, began as the efforts of the North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (68%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in Maine by land area. It was originally part of the Waldo Patent. Adjacent counties * Lincoln County – west *Waldo County – north * Hancock County – northeast National protected areas * Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge * Seal Island National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criehaven, Maine
Criehaven is an alternative name for Ragged Island, an unorganized territory in Knox County, Maine, United States. Criehaven was formerly a plantation including Ragged Island just south of Matinicus Isle in outer Penobscot Bay, plus Matinicus Rock to its southeast, and Seal Island, the location of Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, to its northeast. Criehaven surrendered its organization and reverted to an unorganized territory in 1925, but the name persists. History Criehaven is pronounced "cree-haven", after Robert Crie (1826–1901), an early landowner. He and his wife, Harriet Hall (1829–1919), moved in 1849 to Ragged Island, where Robert became successful in farming and lumbering. Island chronicler Charles McLane wrote that in 1879, Robert owned the whole island, and in 1896, all of their five children with their wives and husbands and children lived there, too. He incorporated Ragged Island as the plantation of Criehaven in that year, and for the next few decades it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebec County, Maine
Kennebec County is a county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county seat is Augusta, the state capital. The county was established on February 20, 1799, from portions of Cumberland and Lincoln Counties. The name Kennebec comes from the Eastern Abenaki ''/kínipekʷ/'', meaning "large body of still water, large bay." Kennebec County comprises the ''Augusta– Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area''. In 2010, the center of population of Maine was in Kennebec County, in the city of Augusta. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (8.8%) is water. Adjacent counties * Somerset County – north *Waldo County – east * Sagadahoc County – south * Lincoln County – south * Androscoggin County – southwest * Franklin County – northwest Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 117,114 people, 47,683 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
