List of Counties in Massachusetts - Former Counties

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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