Washington County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Washington County



County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse PO Box 297 Machias, ME 04654-0297 Phone: 207.255.3127 Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records from 1931, probate records from 1785, land records from 1783 and naturalization records from 1854. Maine State Archives, Augusta, has divorce and court records before 1931.

Parent County
Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

Places / Localities
Cities  • Calais          • Eastport  Towns

Plantations  • Baring          • Codyville          • Grand Lake Stream

Unorganized territories


 * East Central Washington
 * Trescott Township
 * Marion Township
 * Edmunds Township
 * Township 18 East Division (Berry Township)
 * Number 14 Township (Plantation 14) (Cathance Township)
 * Township 19 East Division
 * North Washington
 * Township 18 Middle Division
 * Township 19 Middle Division
 * Centerville (town dissolved 2003 into a township)
 * Township 24 Middle Division
 * Township 25 Middle Division
 * Township 29 Middle Division (Devereaux Township)
 * Township 30 Middle Division
 * Township 31 Middle Division (Day Block Township)
 * Township 36 Middle Division
 * Township 37 Middle Division
 * Township 26 East Division
 * Township 42 Middle Division
 * Township 43 Middle Division
 * Township 27 East Division (Greenlaw Chopping Township)
 * Number 21 Township (Plantation 21) (Big Lake Township)
 * Township 5 Norh Division (Sakom Township)
 * Township 6 North Division
 * Township 1 R1 Titcomb Survey (Fowler Township)
 * Township 1 R2 Titcomb Survey (Dyer Township)
 * Township 1 R3 Titcomb Survey (Lambert Lake Township)
 * Township 6 R1 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
 * Township 7 R2 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Kossuth Township)
 * Township 8 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
 * Brookton
 * Township 10 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Forest Township)
 * Township 11 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Hillgove Township)
 * Township 8 R4 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
 * Township 9 R4 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Forest City Township)

Communities  • Machias          • Woodland

Village  • Forest City

Indian Reservations


 * Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation
 * Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation

Neighboring Counties
Aroostook | Hancock | Penobscot | New Brunswick counties: Charlotte | York

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Machias Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Washington County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Washington County

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)