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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.
There are 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine. List. Song. A song is taught to many elementary school children across the state, entitled the Maine County Song, to aid in memorizing the names of the state's 16 counties. It is sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle. Sixteen counties has our state. Cumberland and Franklin. Piscataquis and Kennebec.
There are 16 counties in Maine, and each is almost like a separate state. We list them all, show you where they are located, and present relevant facts and history for each one.
Maine has sixteen counties, as well as hundreds of local governments. The earliest established was York, in 1652; the latest, Knox in 1860. The structure and functions of county government are similar throughout the state. For a brief sketch of each county, click on its name in the map at right.
See a county map of Maine on Google Maps with this free, interactive map tool. This Maine county map shows county borders and also has options to show county name labels, overlay city limits and townships and more. To do a county lookup by address, type the address into the “Search places” box above the map.
A map of Maine Counties with County seats and a satellite image of Maine with County outlines.
There are 16 Counties in our state: There's Cumberland and Franklin, Piscataquis and Kennebec, Oxford, Androscoggin, Waldo, Washington and York, Lincoln, Knox, and Hancock, Sagadahoc and Somerset, Aroostook and Penobscot.