Maine Places

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

County

Knox County (set off from Lincoln County to Waldo County in 1827, to Knox County in 1860)

Incorporated

1804 from Barrettstown Plantation

Previous Designations

Barrettstown (Barretstown)

Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Appleton in 1843

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Athearns Corner, Grants Turn, Hope, North Hope Corner, Payson Corner, South Hope

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Appleton, Camden, Lincolnville, Rockport, Searsmont, Union

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Hope

Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Hope

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Hope, Knox, Maine

Official Website: Town of Hope

Maine Memory Network: Hope

Bibliography

Maresh, Isabel Morse, comp., Vital records of Hope, Maine prior to 1892 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1989)