Jonesport, Washington County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Washington County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)
Incorporated
1832 from part of Jonesboro
Previous Designations
There was a settlement at Mispecka (Mispecky, Moosepeck, Moose Peck, etc.) at the time of the Revolutionary War, presumably in the vicinity of Moosabec Reach in this town; Jones' Port
Boundary Changes
Part was set off to form Beals in 1925
Prominent Islands
Dunn Island, Great Spruce Island, Halifax Island, Head Harbor Island, Mark Island, Roque Island, Steels Harbor Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Indian River, Jonesport, Kelleys Point, Masons Bay, Monsapec (former post office), Peasley Corner, Sealand, West Jonesport
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Addison, Beals, Jonesboro, Roque Bluffs
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Jonesport
Vital Records
Downeast Genealogy: Jonesport Marriage Records
Miscellaneous Resources
Digital Maine: Jonesport Books
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Jonesport
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Jonesport, Washington, Maine
Official Website: Town of Jonesport
Maine Memory Network: Jonesport
Bibliography
______, Jonesport: a group of historical sketches written in honor of the Centennial (Machias, [Me.]: Teague Publishing Co., [1932?])
American History Department of Jonesport-Beals High School, A pictorial history of the town of Jonesport, Maine (Calais, Maine: Advertiser Publishing Company, 1970)
Bacon, George F., Calais, Eastport and vicinity, their representative business men, and points of interest: embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec (Newark, N.J.: Glenwood Pub. Co., c1892)
Limeburner, Grace M. Grindle, The folks of Stuben [sic] Johnsboro [sic] Jonesport and nearby towns (North Brooksville, Me.: G. Limeburner, [1951-1953?])
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Jonesport register, 1905 (Brunswick, Me., 1905)
Monks, John Peabody, Roque Island; A paper given before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts on 22 December 1955 ([s.l.: s.n.], 1955)
Tibbetts, Leonard F., and Darryl B. Lamson, Early families of Jonesport, Maine (Brewer, Me.: Cay-Bel Pub., 1985)
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