Trenton, Hancock County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Hancock County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)
Incorporated
1789 from Plantation No. 1 East of Union River
Previous Designations
Township No. 1 East of Union River, Livermore Survey (T1 EUR LS)
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Ellsworth in 1809
Land was set off to form Hancock in 1828, and Lamoine in 1870
Part of Eden (now Bar Harbor) annexed in 1849
Prominent Islands
Alley Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Bayside, Goose Cove (former post office), Trenton, West Trenton
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, Lamoine, Surry
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Trenton
Vital Records
Trenton Marriage Intentions, 1790-1821
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Trenton
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Trenton, Hancock, Maine
Official Website: Town of Trenton
Bibliography
______, Manning's Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont and Trenton (Maine) directory (Springfield, Mass. : H.A. Manning Co., 1931)
Foss, Thomas, A brief account of the early settlements along the shores of Skilling's River: including West Sullivan, West Gouldsborough, Trenton Point and North Hancock: also reminescences [sic] and anecdotes of old times and old folks ([Hancock, Me.?: s.n.], 1870 (N.K. Sawyer, Printer))
Freeman, William, "Ancient Trenton," Ellsworth American, 17 Mar. 1892-12 July 1894
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