Lagrange, Penobscot County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Penobscot County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816)
Incorporated
1832 from Hammond and Oxford Plantations
Previous Designations
LaGrange, La Grange
The southern part of the town-evidently that part organized as Hammond Plantation-was formerly Township No. 2 Old Indian Purchase, West of Penobscot River (T2 OIP WPR)-called on one map Township No. 1, Second Range, on still another Township No. 2, Second Range
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Binney (former railroad station), Cold Brook (former railroad station), Down East (former post office at Lagrange), Lagrange, Morris (former railroad station), South Lagrange, West (former railroad station)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Alton, Argyle Township, Bradford, Edinburg, Howland, Medford, Orneville Township
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Lagrange
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: LaGrange
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: La Grange, Penobscot, Maine
Official Website: Town of Lagrange
Bibliography
Sawtell, Bill, Josephine Blake Bail, et al., Old LaGrange (Greenville, Me.: Moosehead Communications, 2003)
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