Place:Penobscot, Maine, United States

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NamePenobscot
Alt namesPenobscotsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates45.25°N 68.667°W
Located inMaine, United States     (1816 - )
See alsoAroostook, Maine, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Hancock, Maine, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Piscataquis, Maine, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Somerset, Maine, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery
Paine Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
Waugh Cemetery
Inhabited place
Alton
Arey
Argyle
Arnold Corner
Back Settlement
Bangor ( 1769 - )
Billings Hill
Bowden
Bowerbank
Bradford Center
Bradford
Bradley
Brewer
Burlington
Cardville
Carmel
Carr Corner
Carroll
Charleston
Chester
Clifton
Coburn
Cold Brook
Coolidge Corner
Corinna Center
Corinna
Corinth
Costigan
Crocker Turn
Crockertown
Damascus
Davidson
Dexter
Dixmont Center
Dixmont
Double A Landing
Drake Place
Durbin Corner
Earnest Corner
East Bangor
East Corinth
East Dixmont
East Eddington
East Exeter
East Hampden
East Holden
East Millinocket
East Newport
East Orrington
East Winn
Eddington
Edinburg
Elliot Landing
Ellis Corner
Enfield
Etna Center
Etna
Exeter Center
Exeter Mills
Exeter
Fowler Landing
French Mill
French Settlement
Gantners Landing
Garland
Gerry
Gilford
Glenburn Center
Glenburn
Goodale Corner
Gordon Corner
Gordon
Gould Landing
Greenbush
Greenfield
Grindstone
Hampden Center
Hampden Highlands
Hampden Station
Hampden
Hardy Hill
Haseltine Corner
Hasty Corner
Hay Brook
Hermon Center
Hermon Pond
Hermon
Hicks Corner
Higginsville
High Landing
Holden
Howland
Hudson
Huntington Mill
Jordan Mills
Katen Corner
Kenduskeag
Kingman
Knight Corner
Knox Hill Corner
Lagrange
Lakeside Landing
Lakeville
Leathers Corner
Lee
Levant
Libby Corner
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Mills
Lincoln
Little Italy
Lowell
Lucky Landing
Mattawamkeag
Maxfield
McGregor Mill
Meadowville
Medway
Milford
Millinocket
Moody
Moosehorn Crossing
Morgan Beach
Morse Corners
Mount Chase
Nealeys Corner
Newburgh Center
Newburgh Village
Newburgh
Newport
Norcross
North Bradford
North Dexter
North Dixmond
North Hermon
North Lincoln
North Newburgh
North Newport
North Orrington
Olamon
Old Town Landing
Old Town
Oliver Hill Corner
Orono
Orrington Center
Orrington
Passadumkeag
Patten
Pea Cove
Pea Ridge
Perkins
Pleasant Vale Corner
Plymouth
Preble Corner
Prentiss
Robyville
Rollins Mill
Rollins Mills
Rowe Corner
Sandy Beach
Saponac
Seboeis
Sherman Station
Shin Pond
Siberia
Silvers Mills
Simpson Corners
Six Mile Falls
Snow Corner
South Corinth
South Exeter
South Lagrange
South Levant
South Lincoln
South Newburgh
South Orrington
South Springfield
South Woodville
Spooners Mill
Spragues Mill
Springfield
Stacyville
Stetson
Stillwater Avenue
Stores Corner
Stubbs Corner
Twin Brook
Veazie
Villa Vaughn
Webb Hill
West Bangor
West Corinth
West Enfield
West Glenburn
West Hampden
West Levant
West Seboeis
Winn
Woodville
Plantation
Webster
Unknown
Drew Plantation
Lakeville Plantation
Prentiss Plantation
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Penobscot County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot Nation on Wabanakik. As of the 2020 census, the population was 152,199. Its county seat is Bangor. The county was established on February 15, 1816, from part of Hancock County when the area was still part of Massachusetts. Penobscot County is home to the University of Maine.

Penobscot County comprises the Bangor, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1814 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1816 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1816 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1827 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1820 13,870
1830 31,530
1840 45,705
1850 63,089
1860 72,731
1870 75,150
1880 70,476
1890 72,865
1900 76,246
1910 85,285
1920 87,684
1930 92,379
1940 97,104
1950 108,198
1960 126,346
1970 125,393
1980 137,015
1990 146,601
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External links

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