Maine Places

County · Organized · Incorporated · Reorganized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Hancock County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)

Organized

1840 as Long Island Plantation for election purposes from Long Island, Duck Island, Black Island, Placentia Island, Pond Island, Calf Island, Black Island, and Harbor Island

Incorporated

1857 as the town of Islandport; organization surrendered in 1858

Reorganized

1858 as Long Island Plantation

Incorporated

1979 as the town of Frenchboro

Previous Designations

Lunt's Long Island Plantation

Boundary Changes

Calf Island and West Black Island were set off to Swans Island in 1901

Prominent Islands

Black Island, Great Duck Island, Little Duck Island, Long Island, Placentia Island

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Frenchboro

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Southwest Harbor, Swans Island, Tremont

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Frenchboro

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Long Island Plantation

General Resources

Official Website: Town of Frenchboro

Frenchboro Library and Frenchboro Historical Society

Bibliography

Lunt, Vivian D., Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation, Maine ([s.l. : s.n., 1967?])