County
Waldo County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Waldo County in 1827)
Incorporated
1845 from parts of Belfast and Prospect
Prominent Islands
Sears Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Blacks (former post office at North Searsport), Dodge Corner, Kidders (former railroad station), North Searsport, Park (former post office), Searsport, West Prospect (former post office at Searsport)
The village near Swan Lake was once known as the "Goose Pond Settlement"
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Belfast, Frankfort, Prospect, Stockton Springs, Swanville
Maps
Historical USGS Maps of Searsport, Maine
Cemeteries
Waldo County Cemeteries
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Searsport, Waldo, Maine
Official Website: Town of Searsport
Maine Memory Network: Searsport
Bibliography
______, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine [Ancestry.com] (unknown: unknown, 1944)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register Searsport, Stockton Springs, Prospect, 1907 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell, 1907)
Mosher, Elizabeth M., comp., Vital records of Searsport, Waldo County, Maine prior to 1892 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1993)