Piscataquis County, Maine
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Incorporated
Incorporated in 1838, taking land from Somerset County and Penobscot County
Boundary Changes
The northern portions were annexed to Aroostook County in 1844
County Seat
Dover, 1838-1922
Dover-Foxcroft, since 1922
Towns
Abbot, Atkinson, Beaver Cove, Bowerbank, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft, Greenville, Guilford, Medford, Milo, Monson, Parkman, Sangerville, Sebec, Shirley, Wellington, Willimantic
Plantations
Kingsbury Plantation, Lake View Plantation
Townships
Barnard Township, Blanchard Township, Elliottsville Township, Frenchtown Township, Orneville Township, Williamsburg Township
Adjacent Counties
Aroostook County, Penobscot County, Somerset County
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Piscataquis County, Maine
Interment.net: Cemeteries of Piscataquis County, Maine
Find A Grave: Piscataquis County
Land Records
Piscataquis County Deed Books, 1838-1902
Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Piscataquis County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Piscataquis County
Naturalization Records
Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Piscataquis County
Probate Records
Piscataquis County Probate Court
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
General Resources
Official Website: Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Piscataquis County
Linkpendium: Piscataquis County
FamilySearch Catalog: Piscataquis, Maine
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review, 1898)
______, Piscataquis County Business and Residential Directory, 1907 (Newton, Mass.: Newton Journal Publishing Co., 1907)
______, Historical collections of Piscataquis County, Maine, consisting of papers read at meetings of Piscataquis County Historical Society, also The north eastern boundary controversy and the Aroostook War, with documentary matter pertaining thereto (Dover, Me.: Observer Press, 1910)
______, Inventory of the Town and City Archives of Maine, No. 11, Piscataquis County [Ancestry.com] (Portland, Me.: Maine Historical Records Survey, 1940)
Halfpenny, H. E., et al., Atlas of Piscataquis County, Maine (Houlton, Me.: George N. Colby & Co., 1882)
Loring, Amasa, History of Piscataquis County, Maine, from its earliest settlement to 1880 (Portland, Me.: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1880)
Sprague, John Francis, Piscataquis biography and fragments (Bangor [Me.]: C.H. Glass & Co., Printers, 1899)
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