Newport, Penobscot County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Newspapers · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Penobscot County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816)
Incorporated
1814 from East Pond Plantation
Previous Designations
Township No. 4, Third Range North of Waldo Patent (T4 R3 NWP)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Billings Hill, Coburn (Coburn Corner), East Newport, Hasty Corner, Marsh's Corner (former location at East Newport), Newport (Newport Village), Newport Junction (former railroad station), North Newport, Rowe Corner, Wedgewood Corners (former location)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Corinna, Etna, Palmyra, Plymouth, Stetson
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Newport
Newspapers
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Newport
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Newport, Penobscot, Maine
Official Website: Town of Newport
Bibliography
Friend, Gilman N., Newport sesqui-centennial, 1814-1964 (Newport, Me., 1964)
Mitchell, W. H. A Brief History of Newport, Maine: 1814-1914 (Newport, Me.: A.W. Lander, printer, 1914)
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