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Name | Lincoln |
Alt names | Lincoln | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 44.05°N 69.533°W |
Located in | Maine, United States (1760 - ) |
See also | Androscoggin, Maine, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kennebec, Maine, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Knox, Maine, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Sagadahoc, Maine, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Waldo, Maine, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,237. Its seat is Wiscasset. The county was founded in 1760 by the Massachusetts General Court from a portion of York County, Massachusetts and named after the English city Lincoln, the birthplace of Massachusetts Bay Provincial Governor Thomas Pownall.
At its founding, Lincoln County accounted for three-fifths of the state's land, and stretched east to Nova Scotia. Thirteen counties were cut out of this land including Sagadahoc County to the west and a portion of Kennebec County to the north. The county flag is a traditional New England flag, adopted in 1977.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 29,236
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1800 | 30,225
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1810 | 42,992
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1820 | 53,189
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1830 | 57,192
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1840 | 63,517
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1850 | 74,875
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1860 | 27,860
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1870 | 25,597
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1880 | 24,821
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1890 | 21,996
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1900 | 19,669
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1910 | 18,216
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1920 | 15,976
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1930 | 15,498
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1940 | 16,294
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1950 | 18,004
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1960 | 18,497
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1970 | 20,537
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1980 | 25,691
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1990 | 30,357
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External links
www.rootsweb.com/~melincol/
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