Swans Island, Hancock County
County · Incorporated · 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)
Incorporated
1897 from Swan's Island Plantation
Boundary Changes
Calf Island and West Black Island were annexed from Long Island Plantation (now Frenchboro) in 1901
Prominent Islands
Black Island, Harbor Island, Marshall Island (considered an unorganized territory by the state), Opechee Island, Pond Island, Swans Island (Swan's Island, formerly Brûle Côte, corrupted to Burnt Coat Island)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Atlantic, Minturn, Swan's Island
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Brooklin, Deer Isle, Frenchboro, Isle au Haut, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Tremont
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Swans Island
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Swan's Island
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Swans Island, Hancock, Maine
Official Website: Town of Swan's Island
Maine Memory Network: Swan's Island
Bibliography
Small, Herman Wesley, A history of Swan's Island, Maine (Ellsworth, Me.: Hancock County Pub. Co., printers, 1898)
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