Orneville Township, Piscataquis County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Bibliography
County
Piscataquis County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Penobscot County in 1816, to Piscataquis County in 1838)
Incorporated
1832 as the town of Milton; name changed to Almond in 1841, and to Orneville in 1843; incorporation repealed in 1939, and organization surrendered in 1945
Previous Designations
Township No. 1, Sixth Range North of Waldo Plantation (T1 R6 NWP); Boyd's Plantation
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to Atkinson in 1837
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Boyd Lake (Boyd's Lake), Boydstown (former post office), Parkers (former railroad station), Summit (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Atkinson, Bradford, Lagrange, Medford, Milo
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Orneville Township
Bibliography
Heath, Eleanor Parkman Henderson, Bits and pieces of life on Philpot Ridge and of the history of Orneville, Maine ([S.l.: s.n.], 1999)
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