Somerset County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Somerset County

County Courthouse
Somerset County Courthouse Court Street Skowhegan, ME 04976 Phone: 207.474.9861 Clerk Courts has some marriage records from 1800’s and proabte records from 1809.

Parent County
Created 1 March 1809 from Kennebec County.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts set off to create 2 counties:
 * Franklin County 20 March 1838.
 * Piscataquis County 23 March 1838.
 * Part taken to add to Aroostook County 12 March 1844.

Places / Localities
Towns

Plantations

Unorganized territories


 * Central Somerset
 * Concord
 * Twp 2 R1 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Lexington)
 * Northeast Somerset
 * Twp 2 R2 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Mayfield)
 * Twp 2 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. East of Kennebec River (Bald Mtn)
 * Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (East Moxie)
 * Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Squaretown)
 * Twp 1 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec River (Moxie Gore)
 * Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. E. of Kennebec R. (Indian Stream)
 * Twp 1 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Chase Stream &amp; 10,000 Acre Tract)
 * Twp 2 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Johnson Mtn)
 * Twp 1 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Saplin)
 * Twp 2 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Misery)
 * Twp 3 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Parlin Pond)
 * Sandbar Tract (Misery Gore)
 * Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Taunton &amp; Raynham)
 * Twp 2 R1 N. of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Sandwich Academy Grant)
 * Twp 2 Twp 1 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Rockwood Strip)
 * Twp 3 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Long Pond)
 * Twp 1 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Tomhegan)
 * Twp 2 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Brassua)
 * Northwest Somerset
 * Twp 1 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Carrying Place)
 * Twp 2 R3 Bingham's K. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Carrying Place Town)
 * Twp 3 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec River (Dead River)
 * Twp 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bigelow)
 * Twp 1 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bowtown)
 * Twp 2 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Pierce Ponds)
 * Twp 3 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec R. (Spring Lake)
 * Twp 4 R4 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Flagstaff)
 * Twp 2 R5 Bingham's Kenn. Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Lower Enchanted)
 * Twp 3 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Spencer)
 * Twp 4 R5 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (King &amp; Bartlett)
 * Twp 3 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of Kennebec R. (Upper Enchanted)
 * Twp 4 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Hobbstown)
 * Twp 5 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Haynestown)
 * Twp 4 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Bradstreet)
 * Twp 5 R7 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Rayton)
 * Twp 6 R6 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. West of Kennebec River (Appleton)
 * Township 5 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Attean Pond)
 * Township 6 R1 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Holeb)
 * Township 6 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Forsyth)
 * Seboomook Lake
 * Township 3 R2 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Thorndike)
 * Little W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
 * Big W, North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
 * Twp 1 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (West Middlesex Canal Grant)
 * Township 2 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Soldiertown)
 * Township 3 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Alder Brook)
 * Township 4 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Bald Mountain)
 * Township 5 R3 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Sandy Bay)
 * Township Seboomook R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
 * Township 1 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Plymouth or Boyd)
 * Twp 2 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Pittston Academy Grant)
 * Township 3 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Hammond)
 * Township 4 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Prentiss)
 * Township 5 R4 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Blake Gore)
 * Township 4 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Elm Stream)
 * Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 4 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Comstock)
 * Township 3 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Dole Brook)
 * Township 4 R5 North of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
 * Township 5 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Russell Pond)
 * Township 5 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 5 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 5 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 5 R20 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 6 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Saint John)
 * Township 6 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 6 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 6 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 6)
 * Township 7 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 7 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 7 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 7 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 8 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 8 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 8 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 8 R19 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 9 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 9 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 9 R18 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 10 R16 West of the Easterly Line of the State
 * Township 10 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State (Big 10)

Communities

Villages:   • Flagstaff   • North Anson

Neighboring Counties
Aroostook | Franklin | Kennebec | Penobscot | Piscataquis | Waldo | Quebec counties: Beauce | Bellechasse | Dorchester | Frontenac

Newspapers
Maine Newspaper Archive Indexes Free; Digital Page Images $ (GenealogyBank $) Twenty-two early Maine 18th and 19th century newspapers, 1785-1898 online. Indexes (free); digital images ($). These newspapers are from Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Castine, Eastport, Falmouth, Hallowell, Kennebunk, Portland, Saco and Wiscasset.

Early Maine newspapers routinely reported on news, obituaries, births, marriages etc. from around the state. Be sure to search the indexes for all Maine newspapers to find your target ancestor.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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