Maine Places

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Lincoln, Penobscot County

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County

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


Incorporated

1829


Previous Designations

River Townships No. 2 and No. 3 (belonging to the second and third ranges, respectively), and a half township granted to J. E. Foxcroft; Mattanawcook


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Chamberlains (former railroad station), East Lincoln (former post office), Libby Corner, Lincoln, Lincoln Center, Mattanawcook (former post office at Lincoln), Middletown (former railroad station), North Lincoln, Pollard Brook, South Lincoln, South Lincoln Station (former railroad station at Pollard Brook)


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Burlington, Chester, Enfield, Lee, Lowell, Mattamiscontis Township, T2 R8 NWP, Winn


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Lincoln


Vital Records

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 A-B

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 C-D

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 E-G

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 H-I

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 J-L

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 M-P

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 R-S

Lincoln, Maine Marriages Before 1892 T-Y

Lincoln, Maine Births Before 1892 A-H

Lincoln, Maine Births Before 1892 J-W


Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Lincoln


Miscellaneous Records

Penobscot School Register of Mattanawcook Island, 1860


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine

Official Website: Town of Lincoln

Maine Memory Network: Lincoln

Maine Community Heritage Project: Lincoln


Bibliography

Bacon, George Fox, Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman (Newark, N. J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1891)

Bailey, May Murray Edwards, History of Trans Alpine : the southernmost part of the town of Lincoln, Maine, beyond the Alps (Lincoln, Me.: 1950)

Fellows, Dana Willis, History of the town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822- 1928 (Lewiston, Me., Printed by the Dingley press, inc. [c1929])

Fuller, Francis H., Vital Records of Lincoln, Maine, 1829-1892 / Manual of Lincoln Congregational Church, 1831-1912 (Unpublished typescript transcription, 1912)

Goodwin, Kathryn B., Personal glimpses of the early settlers of Lincoln, Maine ( [Maine?: s.n.], 1970)

Hawkins, Alan H., ed., The Mattanawcook Observer: a magazine of local history and genealogy of Lincoln, Maine and surrounding towns ([Falmouth Foreside, Me.: s.n.], 1982- )

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Lincoln and Enfield Register, 1905 (Brunswick, Me.: H.E. Mitchell Pub., 1905)

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