Maine Places

County · Organized · Reorganized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Piscataquis County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809, to Piscataquis County in 1838)

Organized

Prior to 1860 as Plantation No. 8, Eighth Range, for election purposes

Reorganized

1860 as Howard Plantation for election purposes

Incorporated

1881 as the town of Howard; name changed in 1883

Previous Designations

Township No. 8, Eighth Range North of Waldo Patent (T8 R8 NWP)

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Earley Landing, Goodell Corner, Norton (former post office), Number Eight (former post office), Packard Landing, Sebec Lake, Willimantic

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Bowerbank, Elliottsville Township, Guilford, Monson

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Willimantic

Census Records

1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Willimantic

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Willimantic, Piscataquis, Maine

Bibliography

VanHyning, Conrad, Willimantic, Maine past and present ([Willimantic, Me.]: Willimantic Conservation Commission, 1976)