History of Waldo Co

A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH

Waldo County was erected 3 July, 1827 (Public Laws, chs.354,362), by setting off all of Hancock County lying west of Penobscot Bay and River, taking from Lincoln County the towns of Camden, Hope, Liberty, Montville, and Palermo, and Appleton Plantation, and from Kennebec County the towns of Freedom, Unity, Montgomery, and Burnham. The northern boundary of the county was formed by the south lines of Penobscot and Somerset Counties and has remained unaltered.
In 1836, one estate was annexed to Camden from Warren on Lincoln County (ch.17)
The town of Vinalhaven was annexed from Hancock County, March 15,1838 (ch. 451)
Three homesteads were set off from the Town of Palermo to the town of Washington in Lincoln County, April 11 1854 ( (Public Laws, Chapter 327)
The towns of Appleton, Camden, Hope, North Haven, and Vinalhaven were set off to form part of the new county of Knox, April 1,1860 (Public Laws, ch. 146)
In 1873 part of Clinton Gore Plantation in Kennebec County was annexed to Burnham (ch. 384).
The present boundaries of Waldo County include 26 towns and 1 city: the city of Belfast and the towns of Belmont, Brooks, Burnham, Frankfort, Freedom, Islesborough, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville, Morrill, Northport, Palermo, Prospect, Searsmont, Searsport, Stockton Springs, Swanville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity, Waldo and Winterport.

The above was taken from a Publication of the Maine State Archives named Counties, Cities, Towns and Plantations of Maine; A handbook of Incorporations, Dissolutions and Boundary Changes.
Prepared by The Maine Historical Records Survey Project. Division of Professional and Service Projects Works Projects Administration, Portland, Maine
The Maine Historical Records Survey Project, 1940

1859 MAPS OF WALDO COUNTY TOWNS

(The following maps have been copied from an 1859 Wall Map of Waldo County)

(Click on the thumbnail maps for close detail)

Belfast	Belmont	Brooks	Burnham	Frankfort
Freedom	Islesboro	Jackson	Knox	Liberty
Lincolnville	Monroe	Montville	Morrill	Northport
Palermo	Prospect	Searsmont	Searsport	Stockton Springs
Swanville	Thorndike	Troy	Unity	Waldo

Biographies of Notable Residents of Waldo County, Maine

Joseph Plumb Martin	Francis Hezekiah Levenseller	Millie Boynton Hannan
Gladys Nancy Hannan Maresh	Mary Jane (O’Neil) Lermond	Jennie Marie (Levenseller) Morse
Annie (Marriner) Lermond	Elden Nathan Rowell	Martin Van Buren Hannan
Edward Burgess	Austin Marriner	Ada Laura (Morse) Howard
Janette Mary Morse	Anthony Frank Maresh	Clara Lermond Overlock
Persis Mae Thomas	Lucy Ann Cochran	Martin Overlock
Susan Marie (Shea) Morse	Morse Family of Belmont

Photos of Notable Waldo County, Maine Residents

Ancestors of Linda Miller Clark (in progress)

Historical Sketches, Notes and Reports of Waldo County Towns

Belfast	Belmont	Brooks	Burnham	Frankfort	Freedom
Islesboro	Jackson	Knox	Liberty	Lincolnville	Monroe
Montville	Morrill	Northport	Palermo	Prospect	Searsmont
Searsport	Stockton Springs	Swanville	Thorndike	Troy	Unity
Waldo	Winterport	Waldo County