Maine Places

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County

Hancock County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)

Organized

1822 as Plantation No. 27

Incorporated

1831 as Hampton; name changed to Aurora in 1833

Previous Designations

Township No. 27 Middle Division, Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (T27 MD BPP); Richards

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Aurora

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Amherst, Great Pond, Osborn, T28 MD

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Aurora

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Aurora

General Resources

Bibliography

Silsby, Herbert T., A history of Aurora, Maine (Ellsworth, Me.: Hancock County Publ., 1958)