Former Counties
County |
Created |
Abolished |
Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Cumberland County | 1760 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Devonshire County | 1674 | 1675 | Abolished |
Hancock County | 1789 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Kennebec County | 1799 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Lincoln County | 1760 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Old Norfolk County | 1643 | 1679 | Abolished - most of its territory was absorbed into New Hampshire; one of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
Oxford County | 1805 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Penobscot County | 1816 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Somerset County | 1809 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
Washington County | 1789 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine |
York County | 1652 | 1820 | Transferred to Maine - there were two periods when York County was abolished, 1664 to 1668 and 1680 to 1691 |
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