Knox County Maine Genealogy

County Seat: Rockland

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History

Knox County is a county located in the state of Maine, United States, its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. The county was established on April 1, 1860, and is the most recent county to be created in Maine. It was carved from parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. The Union Fair, started in 1868, began as the efforts of the North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

Communities

City: Rockland (county seat).

Towns: Appleton, Camden, Cushing, Friendship, Hope, Isle au Haut, North Haven, Owls Head, Rockland, Rockport, Saint George, South Thomaston, Thomaston, Union, Vinalhaven, Warren, Washington.

Plantation: Matinicus Isle.

Unorganized territories: Criehaven, Muscle Ridge Islands.

Census-designated places: Camden, Thomaston.

Other unincorporated villages: Glen Cove, Hibberts Corner, Port Clyde, West Rockport.

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