Presque Isle, Aroostook County
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County
Aroostook County (set off from Washington County in 1839)
Incorporated
1859 from Presque Isle Plantation
Incorporated as a City
1940
Previous Designations
Townships Letter F and G, Second Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (TF R2 WELS and TG R2 WELS)
Boundary Changes
Plantation Letter G, Second Range, was set off from Presque Isle Plantation and organized in 1852
The town of Maysville (incorporated in 1859) was annexed in 1883
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Aroostook Farm (former railroad station), Caribou Road, East Maysville (former post office), English (former railroad station), Goddings (former railroad station), Maysville, Maysville Center (former post office), Parkhurst, Perry (former railroad station), Phair, Presque Isle, Presque Isle Junction, Rands, Riverview (former railroad station), Saunders (former railroad station), Sawyer Corner, Scott (former railroad station), South Presque Isle (former post office), Spragueville, Washburn Junction
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Caribou, Chapman, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, Washburn, Westfield
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Presque Isle
Cemetery Records
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Presque Isle
Presque Isle and Mayville Civil War Soldiers
Newspapers
Aroostook Republican and The Star-Herald
Maine Obituaries: Aroostook Weeklies
Presque Isle Newspapers - from Digital Archives of Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Public Library
General Resources
First Settlers of the Aroostook River Valley: Presque Isle
FamilySearch Catalog: Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Official Website: City of Presque Isle
Maine Memory Network: Presque Isle
Maine Memory Network: Maysville
Maine Memory Network: Spragueville
Maine Community Heritage Project: Presque Isle
Bibliography
______, Houlton, Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield and Caribou directory, 1900 (Boston, Mass.: A. B. Sparrow, 1900)
______, Presque Isle, 1820-1920 ([Presque Isle, Me.? : s.n., 1920?])
______, Presque Isle Centurama: Presque Isle Maine's 100 yrs of history; historical commemorative spectacle ([Presque Isle?: Presque Isle Civic Roundtable, Inc.?, 1959?])
Bacon, George Fox, Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman (Newark, N. J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1891)
Clark, Marilyn, William Clark Ketcham, and Dale Steinhauer, 125th Birthday Committee presents "City of Presque Isle: 125th historical booklet, 1859-1984" ([Presque Isle, Me.?: Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce], c1984)
Graves, Laila, "Glimpses of our local history," Presque Isle Star Herald, 27 June 1984
Graves, Richard A., III, Forgotten times : Presque Isle's first 150 years (Presque Isle, Me. : The Author, c2006 (Presque Isle : Northeast Publishing))
Hodshon, Gail, A general history of events on Main Street in Presque Isle ([Presque Isle, Me.] : The Author, 1983)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Presque Isle register (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Pub., 1904)
Park, Rev. George M., [Presque Isle history] (typescript, c1916)
Patten, Roland T., comp., Important data in the history of Presque Isle ([Presque Isle, Me.?: Star-Herald Pub. Co., 1932?)
Steinhauer, Dale R., ed., Pioneer Presque Isle : to 1859 (Presque Isle, Me. : 125th Anniversary Committee, 1984)
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