Orient, Aroostook County
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County
Aroostook County (set off from Washington County in 1839)
Organized (east half)
1844 as Orient Plantation for election purposes
Organized (west half)
As Greenwood Plantation prior to incorporation
Incorporated
1856 from Orient Plantation and eastern half of Greenwood Plantation (the western half became part of Haynesville in 1876)
Previous Designations
Orient Gore; eastern half of Township 9, First Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T9 R1 WELS, or T9 Greenwood's Survey)
Boundary Changes
Monroe Gore east of Weston was annexed in 1847
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Orient, Sunset Park
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Amity, North Lake (N.B.), Haynesville, Weston
Maps
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Orient
General Resources
Official Website: Town of Orient
Bibliography
Dunn, Marion L., comp., and Basil E. Kinney, ed., Baskahegan families: a genealogical dictionary of Bancroft, Danforth, Orient and Weston, Maine ([Portland, Me.?]: B.E. Kinney, 1984)
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