Androscoggin
SIZE:
459 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1854
COUNTY
SEAT: Auburn
POPULATION:
103,793
CITIES:
Auburn, and Lewiston.
TOWNS:
Durham, Greene, Leeds, Lisbon, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Mechanic Falls,
Minot, Poland, Sabattus, Turner and Wales.
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Aroostook
SIZE:
6,453 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1839
COUNTY
SEAT: Houlton
POPULATION:
73,938
CITIES:
Caribou, Presque Isle
TOWNS:
Allagash, Amity, Ashland, Bancroft, Blaine, Bridgewater, Castle Hill, Caswell,
Chapman, Crystal, Dyer Brook, Eagle Lake, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Fort
Kent, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Hammond, Haynesville, Hersey, Hodgdon,
Houlton, Island Falls, Limestone, Linneus, Littleton, Ludlow, Madawaska,
Mapleton, Mars Hill, Masardis, Merrill, Monticello, New Canada, New Limerick,
New Sweden, Oakfield, Orient, Perham, Portage Lake, Saint Agatha, Saint
Francis, Sherman, Smyrna, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wade, Washburn, Westfield,
Westmanland, Weston, and Woodland.
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Cumberland
SIZE:
853 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1760
COUNTY
SEAT: Portland
POPULATION:
265,612
CITIES:
Portland, South Portland, and Westbrook
TOWNS:
Baldwin, Bridgton, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Casco, Cumberland, Falmouth,
Freeport, Gorham, Gray, Harpswell, Harrison, Naples, New Gloucester, North
Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, Scarborough, Sebago, Standish, Windham, and
Yarmouth.
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Franklin
SIZE:
1,789 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1838
COUNTY
SEAT: Farmington
POPULATION:
29,467
TOWNS:
Avon, Carrabassett Valley, Carthage, Chesterville, Eustis, Farmington,
Industry, Jay, Kingfield, Madrid, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Phillips, Rangeley,
Strong, Temple, Weld and Wilton.
PLANTATIONS:
Coplin, Dallas, Rangeley and Sandy River.
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Hancock
SIZE:
1,522 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1789
COUNTY
SEAT: Ellsworth
POPULATION:
51,791
CITY:
Ellsworth
TOWNS:
Amherst, Aurora, Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksvile, Bucksport,
Castine, Cranberry Isles, Dedham, Deer Isle, Eastbrook, Franklin, Frenchboro,
Gouldsboro, Great Pond, Hancock, Lamoine, Mariaville, Mount Desert, Orland,
Osborn, Otis, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Sorrento, Southwest Harbor, Stonington,
Sullivan, Surry, Swans Island, Tremont, Trenton, Verona, Waltham and Winter
Harbor.
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Kennebec
SIZE:
879 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1799
COUNTY
SEAT: Augusta
POPULATION:
117,114
CITIES:
Augusta, Gardiner, Hallowell and Waterville.
TOWNS:
Albion, Belgrade, Benton, Chelsea, China, Clinton, Farmingdale, Fayette,
Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Oakland, Pittston, Randolph,
Readfield, Rome, Sidney, Vassalboro, Vienna, Wayne, West Gardiner, Windsor,
Winslow and Winthrop.
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Knox
SIZE:
374 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1860
COUNTY
SEAT: Rockland
POPULATION:
36,618
CITY:
Rockland
TOWNS:
Appleton, Camden, Cushing, Friendship, Hope, Isle au Haut, North Haven,
Owls Head, Rockport, St. George, South Thomaston, Thomaston, Union, Vinalhaven,
Warren and Washington.
PLANTATION:
Matinicus Island
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Lincoln
SIZE:
457 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1760
COUNTY
SEAT: Wiscassett
POPULATION:
33,616
TOWNS:
Alna, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Dresden,
Edgecomb, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, Somerville, South Bristol,
Southport, Waldoboro, Westport, Whitefield and Wiscasset.
PLANTATION:
Monhegan.
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Oxford
SIZE:
2,023 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1805
COUNTY
SEAT: Paris
POPULATION:
54,755
TOWNS:
Andover, Bethel, Brownfield, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Denmark, Dixfield,
Fryeburg, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Hebron, Hiram, Lovell,
Mexico, Newry, Norway, Otisfield, Oxford, Paris, Peru, Porter, Roxbury,
Rumford, Stoneham, Stowe, Sumner, Sweden, Upton, Waterford, West Paris
and Woodstock.
PLANTATIONS:
Lincoln and Magalloway.
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Penobscot
SIZE:
3,258 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1816
COUNTY
SEAT: Bangor
POPULATION:
144,919
CITIES:
Bangor, Brewer and Old Town.
TOWNS:
Alton, Bradford, Bradley, Burlington, Carmel, Charleston, Chester, Clifton,
Corinna, Corinth, Dexter, Dixmont, East Millinocket, Eddington, Edinburg,
Enfield, Etna, Exeter, Garland, Glenburn, Greenbush, Greenfield, Hampden,
Hermon, Holden, Howland, Hudson, Indian Island, Kenduskeag, Lagrange, Lakeville,
Lee, Levant, Lincoln, Lowell, Mattawamkeag, Maxfield, Medway, Milford,
Millinocket, Mount Chase, Newburgh, Newport, Orono, Orrington, Passadumkeag,
Patten, Plymouth, Springfield, Stacyville, Stetson, Veazie, Winn and Woodville.
PLANTATIONS:
Carroll, Drew, Prentiss, Sebois and Webster.
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Piscataquis
SIZE:
3,770 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1838
COUNTY
SEAT: Dover-Foxcroft
POPULATION:
17,235
TOWNS:
Abbott, Atkinson, Beaver Cove, Bowerbank, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft,
Greenville, Guilford, Medford, Milo, Monson, Parkman, Sangerville, Sebec,
Shirley, Wellington and Willimantic.
PLANTATIONS:
Kingsbury and Lake View.
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Sagadahoc
SIZE:
250 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1854
COUNTY
SEAT: Bath
POPULATION:
35,214
CITY:
Bath
TOWNS:
Arrowsic, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham,
West Bath and Woolwich.
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Somerset
SIZE:
3,633 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1809
COUNTY
SEAT: Skowhegan
POPULATION:
50,888
TOWNS:
Anson, Athens, Bingham, Cambridge, Canaan, Cornville, Detroit, Embden,
Fairfield, Harmony, Hartland, Jackman, Madison, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow,
New Portland, Norridgewock, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Ripley, Saint Albans,
Skowhegan, Smithfield, Solon and Starks.
PLANTATIONS:
Brighton, Caratunk, Dennistown, Highland, Pleasant Ridge, The Forks and
West Forks.
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Waldo
SIZE:
724 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1827
COUNTY
SEAT: Belfast
POPULATION:
36,280
CITY:
Belfast
TOWNS:
Belmont, Brooks, Burnham, Frankfort, Freedom, Islesboro, Jackson, Knox,
Liberty, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville, Morrill, Northport, Palermo,
Prospect, Searsmont, Searsport, Stockton Springs, Swanville, Thorndike,
Troy, Unity, Waldo and
Winterport.
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Washington
SIZE:
2,528 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1789
COUNTY
SEAT: Machias
POPULATION:
33,941
CITIES:
Calais and Eastport.
TOWNS:
Addison, Alexander, Baileyville, Beals, Beddington, Centerville, Charlotte,
Cherryfield, Columbia, Columbia Falls, Cooper, Crawford, Cutler, Danforth,
Deblois, Dennysville, East Machias, Harrington, Indian Township, Jonesboro,
Jonesport, Lubec, Machais, Machiasport, Marshfield, Meddybemps, Milbridge,
Northfield, Pembroke, Perry, Princeton, Robbinston, Roque Bluffs, Steuben,
Talmadge, Topsfield, Vanceboro, Waite, Wesley, Whiting and Whitneyville.
PLANTATIONS:
Baring, Codyville and Grand Lake Stream.
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York
SIZE:
989 square miles
INCORPORATED:
1636
COUNTY
SEAT: Alfred
POPULATION:
186,742
CITIES:
Biddeford and Saco.
TOWNS:
Acton, Alfred, Arundel, Berwick, Buxton, Cornish, Dayton, Eliot, Hollis,
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman,
Newfield, North Berwick, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Parsonsfield, Sanford,
Shapleigh, South Berwick, Waterboro, Wells and York.
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Information obtained
from: U.S.
Census Bureau, Geographic Comparison Table
Maine County Song
Sing
to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy
16 counties in our
State, Cumberland and Franklin.
Piscataquis, Somerset,
Aroostook, Androscoggin
Sagadahoc, Kennebec,
Lincoln, Knox and Hancock
Waldo, Washington
and York
Oxford and Penobscot!
Listen to the County Song sung by the
entire fourth grade class at the Dike-Newell School in Bath, Maine
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