County

Knox County (set off from Lincoln County in 1860)

 Organized

By 1772 as Meduncook Plantation

 Incorporated

1807

 Previous Designations

Part of the Waldo Patent (Muscongus Patent); Meduncook (Medumcook)

 Boundary Changes

Crotch Island was annexed by Cushing in 1834

Part of Cushing was annexed in 1839

Six islands were annexed in 1867

 Prominent Islands

Cranberry Island, Friendship Long Island, Harbor Island, Morse Island, Otter Island

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

East Friendship, Friendship, Lawry, Martin

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Bremen, Bristol, Cushing, St. George, Waldoboro

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Friendship, Maine

 Census Records

Census of Friendship, 1892

 Miscellaneous Resources

Settlers in St. George's River, Medumcook, and Broadbay Prior to 1760

Muscongus and Medumcook Plantation Petitioners, 1767

Rateable Polls in Friendship, 1817

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Friendship, Knox, Maine

MEGenWeb Project: Friendship

 Bibliography

______, Chronicles of Cushing and Friendship : containing historical, statistical, and miscellaneous information of the two towns (Rockland, Me.: The Maine Home Journal, 1892)

Groves, Marlene A., comp., Vital records of Friendship, Maine, prior to the year 1892 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2004)