Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Hancock  Bucksport  Originally this area was known as Township No. 1 East of Penobscot River, Livermore Survey (T1 EPR LS) or Township No. 1 West of Union River. Bucks town  existed as a plantation before it was incorporated as the town of Buckstown in 1792. The name was changed to Bucks port  in 1817.

Bucksport land was set off to Orrington (now Penobscot County) in 1816; to Brewer (now Penobscot County) in 1841, again to Orrington in 1850, and to Dedham in 1909. Moreover, Verona Island was once part of Bucksport.