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Penobscot County
was originally included in Hancock . The act establishing it passed the
Massachusetts legislature Feb. 15, 1816. The southern boundary was fixed
very much as it remains at present; but on the formation of Piscataquis
County in 1838, Penobscot lost 5 ranges of townships north of the lines of
Dexter and Bradford; and the following year Aroostook County received from
it the ranges of townships numbered 3, 4 and 5, north of Mattawamkeag; and
in 1843, it took ranges 6, 7 and 8, north f townships numbered 8. The area
is now 2,760 square miles; and it embraces one city and 54 towns, 7
organized plantations and 42 townships. From 1814 to 1816 Bangor and
Castine were half shire towns of Hancock County; but in Penobscot County,
Bangor had the exclusive honor from its establishment. The population in
1870 was 75,150. In 1880 it was 70,478. The valuation in 1870 was
$22,697,890. In 1880 it was $21,408,151. Source: Varney, George J., Gazetteer of the State of Maine. Boston: B. B. Russell, 1886.
Cities and Towns
Surrounding Counties Aroostook County, Maine - north Washington County, Maine - southeast Hancock County, Maine - south Waldo County, Maine - southwest Somerset County, Maine - west Piscataquis County, Maine - northwest
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