Gouldsboro, Hancock County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · Vital Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Hancock County (set off from Lincoln County in 1789)
Incorporated
1789 as the town of Gouldsboro' from Goldsboro' (Gouldsboro) Plantation; spelling changed to Gouldsboro in 1887
Previous Designations
Township No. 3, East of the Union River, Livermore Survey (T3 EUR LS)
Boundary Changes
The easterly line of Hancock County, which runs east of this town, was extended to run through Gouldsboro Bay to the ocean in 1844
Part of T7 SD was annexed in 1845
That part of Plantation No. 7 SD called West Bay Stream was annexed in 1845; part of that plantation called the Sowle Tract was annexed in 1870, and yet more land in 1905
Land was set off to form Winter Harbor in 1895
Prominent Islands
Bar Island, Burnt Porcupine Island, Hog Island, Long Porcupine Island, Stave Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Ashville, Birch Harbor, Bunkers Harbor, Corea, Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, South Gouldsboro, West Gouldsboro, Wonsqueak Harbor
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Bar Harbor, Hancock, Sorrento, Steuben, T7 SD, Winter Harbor
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Gouldsboro
Military Records
Gouldsboro Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
World War I Soldiers Index: Gouldsboro
Vital Records
Record of Births, Town of Gouldsboro, Maine, 1892-1939
Gouldsborough Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1789-1806
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine
Official Website: Town of Gouldsboro
Maine Memory Network: Gouldsboro
Maine Memory Network: Prospect Harbor
Bibliography
______, Historical researches of Gouldsboro, Maine (Gouldsboro, Me.: Daughters of Liberty, c1904)
______, Town and vital records of Gouldsboro, Maine, 1789-1895 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1990)
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))
Johnson, Muriel Sampson, Early Families of Gouldsboro Maine (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1990)
Merriam, Ann Van Ness, Glimpses into other days of Prospect Harbor ([S.l. : s.n., 1964?)
Tracy, N.B., Historical address before the fourth annual reunion of the Tracy family at Gouldsboro, Maine, August 19, 1899 (Auburn, Me.: Palmer Print & Stamp Works, 1900)
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