Orneville Township
Orneville, east of Lagrange, is heavily forested. It has one small village, Boyd Lake, on Route 6/16 near Boyd Lake itself. Maine combined Routes 6/16 in the east and Route 11 in the west and a short...
View ArticlePerkins Township (Franklin County)
This small, irregular sized township is on Route 156 between Wilton and Weld in Franklin County. Not to be confused with Perkins Township on Swan Island in Sagadahoc County. Hills Pond, north of Bald...
View ArticleBig Moose Township
With a long expanse on the southwest shore of Moosehead Lake, the Township stretches from the East Outlet of the Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, to the outskirts of Greenville on the combined...
View ArticleT1 R8 WELS
This township is just north of Millinocket on the Millinocket Lake Road, which trends northwest from Millinocket to the Lake and a boat launch. Millinocket Stream, the outlet from the Lake, flows south...
View ArticleSandy Bay Township
Sandy Bay is about seven miles north of Jackman Village on U.S. Route 201 and Maine Route 6 through Dennistown Plantation. From its township line beyond Dennistown, the two Routes continue northwest...
View ArticleT2 R12 WELS
This township is southwest of Baxter State Park and Southeast of Chesuncook and Caribou Lakes. The Sias Hill Road from T2 R13 WELS passes the foot of Caribou Lake, where it joins the Golden Road. At...
View ArticleBowtown Township
Pierce Pond in Autumn (2007) Bowtown Township is bound by the Kennebec River on the east for six miles, across the river from The Forks, and by the Dead River on the north. Dead River Mountain and...
View ArticleBowdoin College Grant West TWP
[T8 R10 NWP] is located immediately east of Greenville, accessible from that town’s East Road, then the K1 Road which travels through the township to Gulf Hagas. The K1 road is private and travelers...
View ArticleBowdoin College Grant East TWP
The township [also known as T7 R11 NWP] is home to First and Second Little Lyford Ponds, an Appalachian Mountain Club lodge on the site of an historic logging camp, and an extensive section of the...
View ArticleBlanchard Township
In the northern portion, the Appalachian Trail crosses the township following Bald Mountain Stream and the Piscataquis River, passing just north of the village, which is near the river and is...
View ArticleBigelow Township
This small township in Somerset County encompasses the northern section of the Bigelow Preserve of Maine Public Reserved Land. With no improved roads, access is from Stratton Village along the Old Dead...
View ArticleBig Six Township
The township (T6 R19 WELS) in Somerset County is on the border with Quebec in western Maine. It has no improved roads, but a substantial amount of unimproved roads serving forestry operations. The...
View ArticleBenedicta Township
Benedicta is located in southern Aroostook County. It was established as a plantation on February 1, 1873 with a population of about 400. Just over one-hundred years later, in 1987, it surrendered its...
View ArticleBatchelders Grant Township
This township in Oxford County was named for the original grantee, Josiah Batchelder. It borders New Hampshire in the White Mountain National Forest. Maine Route 113 runs north-south through the...
View ArticleBald Mountain Township T4 R3 NBKP
The township is north of Moose River in northwestern Somerset County. It should not be confused with Bald Mountain Township T2 R3 BKP EKR, which contains a section of the Appalachian Trail, in...
View ArticleBald Mountain Township T2 R3 BKP EKR
is in mid-eastern Somerset County immediately west of Blanchard, host to the next northerly section of the Appalachian Trail. It should not be confused with Bald Mountain Township T4 R3 NBKP, in...
View ArticleAttean Township
Etienne Orson was a settler in the area around 1793. McCauley reports that the name came from a mispronunciation of Etienne. In the township-range system it is T6 R7 NBKP. The U.S. Census reported a...
View ArticleArgyle
On the old stage route (now Rt. 116) along the Penobscot River, Argyle shares the Scottish origins of adjoining Edinburg. Formed as a town in 1839, it deorganized in 1938.
View ArticleAppleton Township
This Township in Somerset County has no village and probably no permanent residents. Spencer Road winds among several mountains from Hobbstown Township in the southeast to Skinner Township in the...
View ArticleAndover West Surplus TWP
Andover West township is immediately southwest of Andover North Surplus, host to the next northerly section of the Appalachian Trail. The Trail tracks the northwest corner of the township near the...
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