Aroostook County, Maine
Incorporated · Boundary Changes · County Seat · Cities · Towns · Plantations · Townships (Inhabited) · Adjacent Counties · Cemeteries · Census Records · Land Records · Maps · Message Boards · Military Records · Newspapers · Probate Records · General Resources · Bibliography
Incorporated
1839 from parts of Penobscot County and Washington County
Boundary Changes
Additional townships were set off from Penobscot County in 1843, and from Piscataquis County and Somerset County in 1844
County Seat
Houlton, since 1839
Cities
Towns
Allagash, Amity, Ashland, Blaine, Bridgewater, Castle Hill, Caswell, Chapman, Crystal, Dyer Brook, Eagle Lake, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Hammond, Haynesville, Hersey, Hodgdon, Houlton, Island Falls, Limestone, Linneus, Littleton, Ludlow, Madawaska, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Masardis, Merrill, Monticello, New Canada, New Limerick, New Sweden, Oakfield, Orient, Perham, Portage Lake, Sherman, Smyrna, St. Agatha, St. Francis, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wade, Wallagrass, Washburn, Westfield, Westmanland, Weston, Woodland
Plantations
Cary Plantation, Cyr Plantation, Garfield Plantation, Glenwood Plantation, Macwahoc Plantation, Nashville Plantation, Moro Plantation, Oxbow Plantation, Reed Plantation, St. John Plantation, Winterville Plantation
Townships (Inhabited)
Bancroft Township, Benedicta Township, Connor Township, E Township, Forkstown Township, Molunkus Township, Silver Ridge Township, T9 R4 WELS, T17 R4 WELS, T17 R5 WELS
Adjacent Counties
Carleton County (N.B.), Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (Quebec), L'Islet Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Madawaska County (N.B.), Montmagny Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Somerset County, Témiscouata Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Victoria County (N.B.), Washington County, York County (N.B.)
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Aroostook County, Maine
Interment.net: Cemeteries of Aroostook County, Maine
Find A Grave: Aroostook County
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
1840 Aroostook County Census Transcriptions
1850 Aroostook County Census Transcriptions
Land Records
Aroostook County Registry of Deeds
Aroostook County Deed Books, 1865-1900
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Aroostook County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Aroostook County
Military Records
Northern Aroostook WWII Veterans
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Aroostook County
Probate Records
Aroostook County Registry of Probate
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
Aroostook County Probate Records, 1837-2007
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Aroostook, Maine
Official Website: Aroostook County
Aroostook County Genealogical Society
Aroostook County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Aroostook County
The Upper St. John River Valley
First Settlers of the Aroostook River Valley
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review, 1898)
Ashby, W. T., A complete history of Aroostook County and Its Early and Late Settlers (As published in the Mars Hill News, 1910)
Pullen, Clarence, In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty (Bangor, Me., Bangor & Aroostook railroad company, 1902)
Raymond, W. O., Glimpses of the past: history of the river St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 (St. John, N.B.: unknown, 1905)
Roe, Frederick B.,
Wiggin, Edward, History of Aroostook : Vol. I, comprising facts, names, and dates relating to the early settlement of all the different towns and plantations of the county (Presque Isle, Me.: Star-Herald Press, 1922)
Wilson, Charles Morrow, Aroostook: our last frontier: Maine's picturesque potato empire (Brattleboro, Vt.: S. Daye Press, c1937)
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