Orrington, Penobscot County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Church Records · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Penobscot County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816)
Incorporated
1788 from New Worcester Plantation
Previous Designations
Township No. 9, East Side of the Penobscot River (T9 EPR); Plantation No. 9; New Worcester; China
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form Brewer in 1812, and addtional land was set off to that town in 1841
Part of Buckstown (now Bucksport) was annexed in 1816, and additional land from that town was annexed in 1850
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Orrington, Goodale Corner (Goodales Corner), North Orrington, Orrington, Orrington Center, Orrington Corner, South Orrington
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Brewer, Bucksport, Hampden, Holden, Winterport
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Orrington
Church Records
Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Orrington Circuit, 1819
Record of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Orrington, 1907-1918
Vital Records
Marriages Intentions in New Worcester Plantation, 1785-1788
Orrington Publishments, 1787-1812
Orrington Marriages, 1771-1808
Miscellaneous Resources
Heads of Family on Penobscot River, 1776
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Orrington
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Official Website: Town of Orrington
Digital Maine: Orrington Books — Miscellaneous digitized town records and reports
Book Collections at the Maine State Library: Orrington
Bibliography
See also Maine State Documents: Orrington Books
Cox, H. Russell, and David Livingstone Swett, History of Orrington, Maine (Brewer, Me.: Cay-Bel Publishing Co., c1988)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Bucksport, Orland, Orrington, Verona (Brunswick, Me.: H. E. Mitchell Co., 1907)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 1. Vital records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine prior to 1892 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1995)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 2. Census and cemetery records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, 1790-1900 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1996)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 3. Miscellaneous voting, school, and other records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, 1788-1889 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1997)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 4. School records and agricultural censuses and bounties of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, 1838-1893 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1997 )
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 5. Records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine: tax records, 1776-1833: including some incidental tax records for the period 1842 through 1851 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1998)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 6. Miscellaneous records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, 1798-1929 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c1998)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington:Volume 7. Miscellaneous records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine from the Wiswell journals and account books, 1787-1866 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, )
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 8. Records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine: tax records, 1834-1843 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c2000)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 9. Tax Records 1843-1850: School records 1845-1847, 1850, 1851 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c2001)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 10. Tax assessment records 1843-1849: school assessment records 1843-1847: Justice of the Peace records 1787-1789: and other miscellaneous records (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c2003)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 11. Tax records 1850-1855 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c2004)
Swett, David Livingstone, comp., Records of Orrington: Volume 12. Tax records 1855-1861 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, c2004)
Thayer, Mildred N., and Mrs. Edward W. Ames,Brewer, Orrington, Holden, Eddington: history and families (Brewer, Me.: L. H. Thompson, inc., c1962)
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