Isles of Shoals, Maine

Isles of Shoals is an extinct town on a set of islands six miles off shore in the Gulf of Maine. The islands are divided by the New Hampshire-Maine border, and the Maine-side is now part of the town of Kittery in York County, Maine. (The islands on the New Hampshire side of the border are part of the town of Rye). The original town was first called Apledoore (aka ), but the name was changed to by 1665. In 1696 the Town of Kittery annexed those islands on the Maine side of the border. About 1700 the entire settlement on Apledoore moved for a time to nearby Star Island (New Hampshire) to avoid the heavier taxes imposed by Maine-Massachusetts.