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This is a list of the 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine. Before statehood, Maine was officially part of the state of Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise. Nine of the 16 counties had their borders defined while Maine was still part of ...
The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands.
He is said to have gone to Europe to recruit German immigrants to settle his 576,000 acre (2,331 km 2) grant, which included parts of what are now Waldo, Penobscot and Lincoln counties and all of Knox County, Maine, along with the islands within three miles of its border.
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Gorges-Mason Grant, 1622; First Kennebec Patent, 1627; Mason's Lands, 1629; Gorges Patent, (de facto 1629; official 1639); Comnock's Patent, 1629; Second Kennebec Patent (also known as the Kennebec Purchase or Plymouth Patent), 1629
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated one combined statistical area, three metropolitan statistical areas, and one micropolitan statistical area in Maine. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA , comprising the region around Maine's largest city of Portland .
The Maine Land Trust Network (abbreviated MLTN) promotes discussion among the eighty land trusts in Maine, United States. [1] It was established in 1995. [2]As of 2023, MLTN members have conserved over 2,685,000 acres (1,087,000 ha) of land, maintain over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of hiking trails, and provide over 340 water access points.
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine.As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,237. [1] Its seat is Wiscasset. [2] 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, [3] the birthplace of Massachusetts Bay Provincial Governor Thomas Pownall.