Verona Island, Hancock County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Hancock County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)
Incorporated
1861 from Wetmore Isle Plantation as Verona. Name changed to Verona Island in 2004.
Previous Designations
Part of the Waldo Patent (Muscongus Patent); Nalagwemmenahen; Ahlurmehsic; Island of Lett; Penobscot Island; Buckstown Island; Orphan Island; Wetmore Island; Verona Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Verona, Verona Park
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bucksport, Orland, Penobscot, Prospect, Stockton Springs
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Verona Island
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Verona
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Verona, Hancock, Maine
Official Website: Verona, Maine
Bibliography
Limeburner, Grace, The folks of Orphan's Island, now Verona, Maine (North Brooksville, Me. : G. Limeburner, [1951])
Limeburner, Grace, comp. (W. A. Fellows, ed.), Verona Island stories : and family histories (Augusta, Me. : W. A. Fellows, 1967)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The town register: Bucksport, Orland, Orrington, Verona (Brunswick, Me.: H. E. Mitchell Co., 1907)
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