List
| County |
FIPS code |
Seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | 001 | Auburn | 1854 | From parts of Cumberland County, Kennebec County, and Lincoln County | The Androscoggin Native American tribe. | 7005107702000000000107,702 | 7002497000000000000497 mi² (1,287 km²) |
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| Aroostook County | 003 | Houlton | 1839 | From parts of Penobscot County, and Washington County | A Native American word meaning beautiful river. | 700471870000000000071,870 | 70036829000000000006,829 sq mi (700417687000000000017,687 km2) |
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| Cumberland County | 005 | Portland | 1761 | As Cumberland County, Massachusetts from part of York County | Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II of Great Britain. | 7005281674000000000281,674 | 70031217000000000001,217 sq mi (70033152000000000003,152 km2) |
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| Franklin County | 007 | Farmington | 1838 | From parts of Kennebec County, Oxford County, and Somerset County | Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father, scientist, printer, and diplomat. | 700430768000000000030,768 | 70031744000000000001,744 sq mi (70034517000000000004,517 km2) |
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| Hancock County | 009 | Ellsworth | 1790 | As Hancock County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County | John Hancock (1737–1793), the Founding Father and president of the convention that produced the United States Declaration of Independence. | 700454418000000000054,418 | 70032351000000000002,351 sq mi (70036089000000000006,089 km2) |
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| Kennebec County | 011 | Augusta | 1799 | As Kennebec County, Massachusetts from part of Lincoln County | The Kennebec River in Maine. | 7005122151000000000122,151 | 7002951000000000000951 sq mi (70032463000000000002,463 km2) |
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| Knox County | 013 | Rockland | 1860 | From parts of Lincoln County and Waldo County | Henry Knox (1750–1806), the first United States Secretary of War (1789 - 1794), who lived in Thomaston, Maine. | 700439736000000000039,736 | 70031142000000000001,142 sq mi (70032958000000000002,958 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 015 | Wiscasset | 1760 | As Lincoln County, Massachusetts from part of York County | The city of Lincoln, England. | 700434457000000000034,457 | 7002700000000000000700 sq mi (70031813000000000001,813 km2) |
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| Oxford County | 017 | Paris | 1805 | As Oxford County, Massachusetts from parts of Cumberland County and York County | Probably named for Oxford, Massachusetts. | 700457833000000000057,833 | 70032175000000000002,175 sq mi (70035633000000000005,633 km2) |
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| Penobscot County | 019 | Bangor | 1816 | As Penobscot County, Massachusetts from part of Hancock County | The Penobscot Native American tribe. | 7005153923000000000153,923 | 70033556000000000003,556 sq mi (70039210000000000009,210 km2) |
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| Piscataquis County | 021 | Dover-Foxcroft | 1838 | From parts of Penobscot County and Somerset County | An Abenaki word meaning rapid waters. | 700417535000000000017,535 | 70034377000000000004,377 sq mi (700411336000000000011,336 km2) |
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| Sagadahoc County | 023 | Bath | 1854 | From part of Lincoln County | A Native American word meaning mouth of big river. | 700435293000000000035,293 | 7002370000000000000370 sq mi (7002958000000000000958 km2) |
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| Somerset County | 025 | Skowhegan | 1809 | As Somerset County, Massachusetts from parts of Kennebec County | The county of Somerset in England. | 700452228000000000052,228 | 70034095000000000004,095 sq mi (700410606000000000010,606 km2) |
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| Waldo County | 027 | Belfast | 1827 | From parts of Hancock County, Kennebec County and Lincoln County | Samuel Waldo, Maine landowner and a colonial soldier in the 1745 siege of Louisbourg. | 700438786000000000038,786 | 7002853000000000000853 sq mi (70032209000000000002,209 km2) |
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| Washington County | 029 | Machias | 1790 | As Washington County, Massachusetts from part of Lincoln County | George Washington, the first President of the United States. | 700432856000000000032,856 | 70033255000000000003,255 sq mi (70038430000000000008,430 km2) |
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| York County | 031 | Alfred | 1652 | As Yorkshire County, Massachusetts from the southern part of the District of Maine. Renamed York County by Massachusetts in 1668 | James, Duke of York, later King James II of England. | 7005197131000000000197,131 | 70031271000000000001,271 sq mi (70033292000000000003,292 km2) |
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