Friendship, Knox County
County · Organized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
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
Maine Historical Maps: Friendship
Census Records
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
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Friendship
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Friendship, Knox, Maine
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)
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