Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine Genealogy

Town Clerk
Town of Bucksport Town Clerk 50 Main Street Bucksport, ME 04416 Phone: (207)469-7368 Email:[mailto:kdownes@bucksportmaine.gov kdownes@bucksportmaine.gov] Bucksport Website

Historical Data
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.