Somerset County, Maine
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Incorporated
1809 from part of Kennebec County
Boundary Changes
Parts of Oxford County lying in Bingham's Kennebec Purchase were annexed in 1819 and 1823
Parts were set off to form Franklin County and Piscataquis County in 1838
The northern portions were annexed to Aroostook County in 1844
County Seat
Norridgewock, 1809-1871
Skowhegan, since 1871
Towns
Anson, Athens, Bingham, Cambridge, Canaan, Caratunk, Cornville, Detroit, Embden, Fairfield, Harmony, Hartland, Jackman, Madison, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Norridgewock, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Ripley, Skowhegan, Smithfield, Solon, St. Albans, Starks
Plantations
Brighton Plantation, Dennistown Plantation, Highland Plantation, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, The Forks Plantation, West Forks Plantation
Townships
Concord Township, Flagstaff Township, Lexington Township
Adjacent Counties
Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Franklin County, Le Granit Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Kennebec County, Montmagny Regional County Municipality (Quebec), Penobscot County, Piscataquis County, Waldo County
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: Somerset County, Maine
Land Records
Somerset County Registry of Deeds
Maine Real Property Official Records Search
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Somerset County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: Somerset County
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: Somerset County
Probate Records
Somerset County, Probate Estate Files, 1809-1915
Probate Records (Somerset County, Maine), 1810-1916
Somerset County Register of Probate
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Somerset, Maine
Official Website: Somerset County
Old Canada Road Historical Society
Somerset County MEGenWeb Project
MEGenWeb Archives: Somerset County
Bibliography
______, Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review, 1898)
______, The East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912 (Auburn, Me.: Chatto & Turner, 1912)
______, Somerset County, Maine business and personal directory (Farmington, Me.: Strout Service, Inc., 1929)
Colby, George N., & Co., Atlas of Somerset County, Maine: compiled, drawn, and published from official plans and actual surveys by George N. Colby & Co., assisted by H.E. Halfpenny [et al.] (Houlton, Me., 1883)
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