Incorporated

1760 from part of York County

 Boundary Changes

Parts were set off to Washington County and Hancock County in 1789 (part of the latter regained in 1791), to Kennebec County in 1799, to Waldo County in 1827, to Androscoggin County and Sagadahoc County in 1854, and to Knox County in 1860

 Shire Town

Pownalborough, 1760-1787 (courts located in that part later Dresden)

Pownalborough, half shire town, 1787-1799 (courts moved to that part later Wiscasset in 1794)

Hallowell (which then included Augusta), half shire town, 1787-99

Pownalborough (renamed Wiscasset in 1802), since 1799

 Towns

Alna, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Dresden, Edgecomb, Jefferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, Somerville, South Bristol, Southport, Waldoboro, Westport, Whitefield, Wiscasset

 Plantations

Monhegan Plantation

 Townships

Hibberts Gore

 Adjacent Counties

Kennebec County, Knox County, Sagadahoc County, Waldo County

 Cemeteries

Maine Old Cemetery Association: Lincoln County Cemetery Listing

The Tombstone Transcription Project: Lincoln County, Maine

Find A Grave: Lincoln County

 Land Records

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds

 Maps

Map of Lincoln County, Maine (1885)

Map of Lincoln County, Maine (1894)

 Message Boards and Mailing Lists

Maine Genealogy Network Forum: Lincoln County

Ancestry.com Message Board: Lincoln County

GenForum: Lincoln County

RootsWeb Mailing List: Lincoln County

 Newspapers

Historic American Newspapers Directory: Lincoln County

 Probate Records

The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800

Maine Probate Search

 Vital Records

Records of Marriages by Nathaniel Thwing of Lincoln County, 1777-1816

Marriages Solemnized by Oliver Wood, Esq., of Lincoln County

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Lincoln, Maine

Official Website: Lincoln County

Lincoln County Historical Association

Linkpendium: Lincoln County

Lincoln County MEGenWeb Project

MEGenWeb Archives: Lincoln County

 Bibliography

______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897)

Patterson, William D. (compiler and editor), The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 (Portland, Me.: Printed for the Maine Genealogical Society, 1895)

Sewall Rufus King, Memorials of the bar of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1900 (Wiscasset, Me.: The Sheepscot Echo Print, 1900)