This is a list of the townships listed in the 1850 US Census of Aroostook County, with the current names of those townships. 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.
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Amity: Amity Bancroft Plantation: Bancroft Belfast Academy Grant: Ludlow Benedicta Plantation: Benedicta Bridgewater Academy Grant: Part of Bridgewater Crystal Plantation: Crystal Dayton Plantation: Hersey Deerfield Academy Grant: Westfield Eaton Grant: Southeastern part of Caribou Framingham Academy Grant: Part of Littleton Golden Ridge Plantation: Sherman Hancock Plantation: Includes what is today Fort Kent, St.John Plantation, Wallagrass, New Canada, part of St.Francis. Eagle Lake: Based on the families in Eagle Lake (T.16, R.7) in the 1860 census, I believe that the returns for Eagle Lake are not included in the 1850 census; if there are any families who were living in T.16, R.7 and are included, they would be in part of Hancock Plantation. I have not yet identified any such families however, and believe that the census taker may have skipped T.16, R.7 in 1850. Haynesville Plantation: Haynesville Hodgdon: Hodgdon Houlton: part of Houlton Letter A, Range 2: Township A, Range 2 Letter B, Range 1: Blaine Letter B, Range 2: Hammond Letter D, Range 1: Southern half of Fort Fairfield Letter E, Range 1: Limestone Letter F Township: Caswell Letter G, Range 2: Northern half of Presque Isle Letter H, Range 2: Southwestern part of Caribou Linneus: Linneus Madawaska Plantation: Includes what is today Frenchville, Madawaska, St. Agatha (probably also T.17, R.5 and T.17, R.4 and part of T18, R.6, which is today part of Fort Kent) Mars Hill: Mars Hill Masardis: Masardis |
Molunkus Plantation: Molunkus Monticello: Monticello New Limerick: New Limerick Number 3, Range 2: Forkstown Number 5, Range 3: Oakfield Number 6, Range 4: Merrill Number 6, Range 5: Moro Plantation Number 7, Range 5: Township 7, Range 5 Number 8, Range 5: Township 8, Range 5 Number 9, Range 5: Township 9, Range 5 Number 9, Range 6: Oxbow Plantation Number 11 Township: (Township 11, Range 1): Cary Plantation Number 11, Range 5: Ashland and part of Castle Hill Number 12, Range 3: Mapleton and part of Castle Hill Number 12, Range 5: Ashland and part of Castle Hill Number 17, Range 9: Includes what is today Allagash Plantation and St. Francis Orient Plantation: Orient Plymouth Grant: Northern half of Fort Fairfield Portage Lake Plantation: Portage Lake; also seems to include families living in T.15, R.6 and 7, today's Winterville Plantation Portland Academy Grant: Part of Bridgewater Reed Plantation: Reed Plantation Salmon Brook Plantation: Washburn and Wade Smyrna: Smyrna Van Buren Plantation: Includes what is today Grand Isle, Van Buren, Hamlin, Cyr Plantation Weston: Weston Williams College Grant: The southern half of Littleton. and the northern half of Houlton |
Last revised 2 Apr 2002
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