Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine Genealogy

Argyle is an extinct plantation and town, now an unorganized territory (township) in Penobscot County, Maine. Argyle was settled in 1810. Argyle Plantation was organized prior to 1839 from Old Indian Township Number 3 West of Penobscot River (T3 OIP WPR). It was also known as the Maine Literary and Theological Institute Grant, also known as the Birch Stream Settlement. The east part of Argyle Plantation was used to form the town of Argyle in 1839. The Moor Tract was set off to Old Town in 1843. Part of Argyle was also set off to form Alton in 1844. The remainder Argyle surrendered its town organization in 1937, and thereafter became an unorganized territory.