Moose River, Somerset County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Somerset  Moose River

Town Clerk
Moose River Town Clerk 705 Main Street Moose River, ME 04945 Phone: (207) 668-4019

Historical Data
Moose River, earlier was called Holdentown or Holden Plantation, but in 1852 was first formally organized as a mega-plantation from:


 * T4 R1 NBKP (now Jackman)
 * T4 R2 NBKP (now Moose River)
 * T5 R2 NBKP (now Dennistown)
 * T5 R3 NBKP (now Sandy Bay Township)

Maine's mega-plantations were disbanded in 1859 and split into their constituent parts such as the now much smaller Moose River Plantation. From this land (T4 R2) many townships and plantations have since been organized and abolished in 1893, 1895, and 1903. The modern, smaller version of Moose River was incorporated as a town in 1957.