Current Aroostook County, Maine townships, cities and villages in the 1840 US Census

This is what today's townships were called in the 1840 US Census of Aroostook County. To see what the 1840 townships are called today, click here. If you can help me out with information on the current names of any of the other places, or if you have any more specific information or corrections, please Thanks.

Please note that there is not an exact correspondence between the borders of the townships and the areas that the census taker canvassed under the heading of a specific township. Some people who lived in one township show up in another, neighboring one in the census. Also, many places that are inhabited today were not yet settled in 1840.


Allagash Plantation: part of Madawaska North of the St.John River

Amity: Amity

Ashland: Township No. 11, 5th Range

Bancroft: Township No.1, 2nd Range

Benedicta: Benedicta Plantation or Township No.2, 5th Range

Bridgewater: Bridgewater Academy Grant

Caribou: Letter H, Range 2; Letters H&I, 1st & 2nd Ranges

Cary Plantation: Letter A, 1st Range

Crystal: Township No.4, 5th Range, or Fish's Township

Eagle Lake: part of Madawaska South of the St.John River

Forkstown: Township No.3, Range 2

Fort Fairfield: Fort Fairfield, Plymouth Grant

Fort Kent: part of Madawaska North of the St.John River

Frenchville: part of Madawaska South of the St.John River

Glenwood Plantation: Township Number 2, 3rd Range

Grand Isle: part of Madawaska South of the St.John River

Haynesville: Township No.2, 2nd Range; part of Number 9 Township

Hodgdon: Hodgdon

Houlton: Houlton; part of Williams College Grant

Linneus: Linneus

Littleton: Framingham Academy Grant; part of Williams College Grant

Ludlow: Belfast Academy Grant

Madawaska: part of Madawaska South of the St.John River

Masardis: Township No.10, 5th Range

Molunkus: Letter A, 5th Range

Moro Plantation: Township No.6, 5th Range

New Limerick: New Limerick

Oakfield: Township No.5, 3rd Range

Orient: Orient Gore; part of Number 9 Township

Presque Isle: Letter G, Range 2;

Reed Plantation: Township No.1, 3rd Range

Sherman: Township No.3, 5th Range

Smyrna: Smyrna

St. Francis: part of Madawaska North of the St.John River

St. John Plantation: part of Madawaska North of the St.John River

Township A, Range 2: Letter A, Range 2

Township 7, Range 5: part of Township No.7 & 9, 5th Range

Township 9, Range 5: part of Township No.7&9, 5th Range

Van Buren: part of Madawaska South of the St.John River

Washburn: Township No.13, 3rd Range

Westfield: Westfield Academy Grant

Weston: Weston

Communities now in New Brunswick along the St.John: part of Madawaska North of the St.John River


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Last revised 23 Feb 2002
© 2002 C. Gagnon