Winn, Penobscot County
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County
Penobscot County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816)
Organized
1854 as Five Islands Plantation for election purposes
Incorporated
1857
Previous Designations
River Township No. 4 "belonging to the Fourth Range"; Snowville or Snowsville; Five Islands
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Winn, Penobscot (former railroad station), South Winn (former post office), West Winn, Winn
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Chester, Lee, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Webster Plantation
Maps
Census Records
1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Winn
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Winn, Penobscot, Maine
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)
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