Matinicus Isle Plantation, Knox County
County · Organized · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Census Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Knox County (the main island set off from Hancock County to Lincoln County in 1843, the others in 1852; all set off to Knox County in 1860)
Organized
1840 for election purposes from Matinicus Island, Matinicus Rock, Wooden Ball Island, and Ragged (Hacketash) Island
Boundary Changes
Ragged Island, Wooden Ball Island, Seal Island, and Matinicus Rock were set off in 1897 and organized as Criehaven Plantation (now Criehaven Township)
Prominent Islands
Matinicus Island, No Mans Land (Nomansland), Tenpound Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Matinicus
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Matinicus Isle Plantation
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Matinicus Isle Plantation
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Matinicus Isle, Knox, Maine
Maine Memory Network: Matinicus
Bibliography
Emmons, Celia Philbrook, Highlights of Life on Matinicus Island (H.B. Cobb Printing Co., 1960)
Groves, Marlene A., comp., Vital records of Matinicus, Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2005)
Long, Charles A. E., Matinicus Isle: its story and its people (Lewiston, Me: Lewiston Journal Printshop, 1926)
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