Maine Places

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County

Piscataquis County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816, to Piscataquis County in 1838)

Incorporated

1819

Previous Designations

Township No. 2, Sixth Range North of Waldo Patent (T2 R6 NWP); St. Loe (Saint Loe)

Boundary Changes

Part of Orneville Township (then the town of Milton) was annexed in 1837

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Atkinson Corners, Atkinson Mills, Maple (former post office), North Atkinson (former post office), South Atkinson (former post office)

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Orneville Township, Sebec

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Atkinson

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine

Official Website: Town of Atkinson

Maine Memory Network: Atkinson

Bibliography

Buzzell, Iris, John Arnold, and Leroy Gearl, Family histories of Atkinson, Sebec, Bowerbank and Dover-Foxcroft, Me. ([S.l.: s.n.], 1998)