Knox County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Knox County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, and death records.
 * Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records.
 * 1860 - Probate Court has probate records from 1860.
 * 1860 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1860. [[Image:]]

History

 * Named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War, Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806.

Parent County

 * 1860 - Created 1 April 1860 from Lincoln and Waldo counties.

Boundary Changes
Maine: Individual County Chronologies

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places / Localities
Towns

Plantations
Matinicus. For further details see Maine Plantations.

====Extinct Towns and Plantations ====

Unorganized Territories
Criehaven Township | Muscle Ridge Shoals Township. For further details see Maine Townships.

Communities

 * Camden
 * Thomaston

Villages

 * Hibberts Corner
 * Port Clyde

Neighboring Counties
Hancock | Lincoln | Waldo

Cemeteries

 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: Maine, Knox County Cemetery Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Courts

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Knox County Probate Estate Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Revolutionary War

 * 1835 - 1838 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1584 – 1999 - Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Rockland Maine Family History Center

Websites

 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Knox County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Knox County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Knox County

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Knox County Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (FamilySearch Historical Records)