Washington County, Maine
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Incorporated
1789 from part of Lincoln County
Boundary Changes
That part "north of the north line of the fourth range of lots, north of the 'lottery townships,'" was set off to Aroostook County in 1839
County Seat
Machias, since 1789
Cities
Towns
Addison, Alexander, Baileyville, Beals, Beddington, Charlotte, Cherryfield, Columbia, Columbia Falls, Cooper, Crawford, Cutler, Danforth, Deblois, Dennysville, East Machias, Harrington, Jonesboro, Jonesport, Lubec, Machias, Machiasport, Marshfield, Meddybemps, Milbridge, Northfield, Pembroke, Perry, Princeton, Robbinston, Roque Bluffs, Steuben, Talmadge, Topsfield, Vanceboro, Waite, Wesley, Whiting, Whitneyville
Plantations
Baring Plantation, Codyville Plantation, Grand Lake Stream Plantation
Townships
Brookton Township, Centerville Township, Devereaux Township, Edmunds Township, Forest City Township, Indian Township, Kossuth Township, Marion Township, Trescott Township
Adjacent Counties
Aroostook County, Charlotte County (N.B.), Hancock County, Penobscot County, York County (N.B.)
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Washington County, Maine
Interment.net: Cemeteries of Washington County, Maine
Find A Grave: Washington County
Census Records
Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950
Land Records
Washington County Registry of Deeds
Maine Real Property Official Records Search
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Washington County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Washington County
Military Records
Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950 — Revolutionary War Pensioners Card File
Naturalization Records
Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Washington County
Naturalization Records
Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950
Probate Records
Washington County Registry of Probate
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950
General Resources
Official Website: Washington County
Washington County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Washington County
Linkpendium: Washington County
FamilySearch Catalog: Washington, Maine
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review, 1898)
Colby, George N., & Co., Atlas of Washington County, Maine/ compiled, drawn, and published from official plans and actual surveys by George N. Colby & Co.; assisted by H.E. Halfpenny [et.al.] (Houlton, Me., 1881)
Frost, John Eldridge , comp., Maine Probate Abstracts (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, 1991)
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