Maine plantations
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| − | * | + | *Cary<sup>†</sup> (Aroostook) |
*Cyr Plantation (Aroostook) | *Cyr Plantation (Aroostook) | ||
*Garfield Plantation (Aroostook) | *Garfield Plantation (Aroostook) | ||
| − | * | + | *Glenwood<sup>†</sup> (Aroostook) |
| − | * | + | *Macwahoc<sup>†</sup> (Aroostook) |
*Moro† (Aroostook) | *Moro† (Aroostook) | ||
*Nashville Plantation (Aroostook) | *Nashville Plantation (Aroostook) | ||
| − | * | + | *Oxbow<sup>†</sup> (Aroostook) |
*Reed Plantation (Also called Wytopitlock) (Aroostook) | *Reed Plantation (Also called Wytopitlock) (Aroostook) | ||
*Saint John Plantation (Aroostook) | *Saint John Plantation (Aroostook) | ||
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*Rangeley Plantation (Franklin) | *Rangeley Plantation (Franklin) | ||
*Sandy River Plantation (Franklin) | *Sandy River Plantation (Franklin) | ||
| − | * | + | *Matinicus<sup>†</sup> (Knox) |
| − | * | + | *Monhegan<sup>†</sup> (Lincoln) |
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*Lake View Plantation (Piscataquis) | *Lake View Plantation (Piscataquis) | ||
*Brighton Plantation (Somerset) | *Brighton Plantation (Somerset) | ||
| − | * | + | *Dennistown<sup>†</sup> (Somerset) |
*Highland Plantation (Somerset) | *Highland Plantation (Somerset) | ||
*Pleasant Ridge Plantation (Somerset) | *Pleasant Ridge Plantation (Somerset) | ||
*The Forks Plantation (Somerset) | *The Forks Plantation (Somerset) | ||
| − | *West | + | *West Forks<sup>†</sup> (Somerset) |
*Baring Plantation (Washington) | *Baring Plantation (Washington) | ||
*Codyville Plantation (Washington) | *Codyville Plantation (Washington) | ||
| − | *Grand Lake | + | *Grand Lake Stream<sup>†</sup> (Washington) |
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Revision as of 23:14, 1 March 2013
United States 
Maine Maine plantations
In Maine a plantation is a form of local self-government intended to help a town-sized area with a low population to transition toward full town status as they increase their population and government services.[1] Plantations do not have their own representative in the Maine legislature. Most have meetings and keep records of meetings. Prior 1892 when statewide registration started, plantations also maintained records of their citizens' births, marriages, and deaths.
Some of Maine's populated coastal islands outside the borders of a town are organized as a plantation. However, most of Maine's 34 plantations are in sparsely populated forests inland.
Plantations that increase in population may become a town. Also, some plantations have lost population and been changed to unincorporated townships without meetings or record-keeping. If an ancestor lived in a plantation that became a township look for the plantation records in a nearby town in the same county.
Maine Plantations (listed by county)
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†Maine plantations normally referenced without using that descriptor.
References
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 126. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 974 D27g 2012
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