Map of Penobscot County, Maine 1859

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1 Map of Penobscot County, Maine 1859 To find your town, click on the name in the list below Alton Argyle Bangor Benedicta (Aroostook Co.) Bradford Bradley Brewer Burlington Carmel Carroll Charleston Chester Clifton Corinna Corinth Dexter Dixmont Drew East Central Penobscot East Millinocket Eddington Edinburg Enfield Etna Exeter Garland Glenburn Greenfield (see East Central Penobscot) Greenbush Hampden Hermon Holden Hopkins Academy Grant Howland Hudson Kenduskeag Kingman La Grange Lakeville Lee Levant Lincoln Lowell Mattawamkeag Maxfield Medway (see Nicatou) Milford Millinocket Mount Chase Newburgh Newport Nicatou North Penobscot - Northern Portion North Penobscot - Central Portion North Penobscot - Southern Portion A complete copy of the 1859 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. North Penobscot - Millinocket Portion Old Town Orono Orrington Patten Plymouth Prentiss Seboeis Springfield Stacyville Stetson Twombly Veazie Webster Whitney Winn Woodville Edition of 2011 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield NH Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

2 Modern Town Outline Map Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

3 1859 Map of Penobscot County The original map is a large wall map measuring 69 x 53. The wall map has been taken apart for this edition by dividing it into separate images, thus making it easy to use this map for the first time. Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

4 An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1859 Map of Penobscot County is an important historical document. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school in the county. It was the first such map for most of these towns. This map is one of several Maine county maps created in the mid 1800s - a period of extraordinary map-making in America. The publisher of this map, Henry F. Walling, was an accomplished mapmaker who had earlier produced similar maps of Oxford and Piscataquis counties, and of several Massachusetts and Vermont counties Few details of this map s origins are known, but we do know the general methods used for these projects. Roads were measured with a wheel odometer, similar to the wheelbarrow-like device pictured here, or one drawn by horse and buggy. The surveyor would ask the names of farmstead owners as he passed by, and would surely add a brief sales pitch for the new map... after all, the map would carry the name of the resident, engraved upon it. The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were the most comprehensive yet made. This map served as the basis of mapping for decades afterwards. Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance orders for the new map could be taken. A typical mid-1850s price was five dollars per copy. Prominent citizens allowed their names to be used in the map s advertisements, testifying to the merits of the map, and no doubt assuring it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of prominent citizens were added for a fee. The map was printed on four separate sheets which were assembled and glued together onto a cloth backing. Each copy was then hand-colored in several different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden rollers. Note on Map Size This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as an 11 x 14 booklet. The formatting and sizes of some maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if possible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales. Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

5 Title Page Modern Town Outline Map Map of Penobscot An Historical Sketch of The Map Alton Argyle Bangor City of Bangor Bangor House Dwinel House Court House Benedicta (AroostoOk County) Bradford Bradford Village Bradley Brewer Brewer Village Burlington Carmel North Carmel Carmel Village Carroll Charleston Charleston Village Chester Clifton Corinna Corinna Village Corinth East Corinth Parker House Dexter Dexter Village Dixmont North Dixmont Dixmont Drew (Township No. 7 Range 4) East Central Penobscot (No. 1, No. 2, & Greenfield) East Millinocket (T.A.R. 7) Eddington East Eddington Eddington Bend Edinburg Passadumkeag Point Enfield Enfield Village Etna Exeter Exeter Corner Exeter Mills Garland Garland Village West Garland Glenburn GREENFIELD (see East Central Penobscot) Greenbush Hampden East Hampden Hampden Village Arey s Corner Hampden Academy Steam Mills Hermon Hermon Village Holden Hopkins Academy Grant Howland Table of Contents Howland Village Hudson Hudson Village Kenduskeag Kenduskeag Village Kingman (Township No. 6 Range 4) La grange La Grange Village Lakeville (Township No. 4 Range 4) LEE Lee Center Levant Levant Village Lincoln Lincoln Village Lincoln Centre Lowell Mattawamkeag Maxfield Medway (Nicatou) Milford Millinocket (No. 3 Indian Purchase) Mount Chase (Township 5 Range 6) Newburgh Newport Newport Village NICATOU (see Medway) North Penobscot (Northern Portion) North Penobscot (Central Portion) North Penobscot (Southern Portion) North Penobscot (Millinocket Portion) Old Town Old Town Village West Great Works & Great Works Upper Still Water Orono Orono Village Orrington East Orrington Mill Creek Village Orrington Village Patten Patten Village Plymouth Plymouth Village Prentiss Seboeis Springfield Springfield Village Stacyville Stetson Stetson Village Twombly (Township No. 3 Range 1) Veazie Veazie Village Webster (Township No. 6 Range 3) Whitney (Township No. 5 Range 1) Winn Woodville (Township No. 2 Indian Purchase) Statistics Population Education Annual Income Agriculture Churches Table of Distances Map of Penobscot County Town names listed in all capital letters. Village names listed in upper and lower case letters names are in parentheses where modern names are different Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

6 ALTON 6 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

7 ARGYLE Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

8 BANGOR 8 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

9 Page Intentionally Left Blank Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

10 City of Bangor 10 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

11 City of Bangor Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

12 Bangor House, C. W. Larrabee, Proprietor Dwinel House, S. B. Brown, Proprietor 12 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

13 Bangor Court House Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

14 BENEDICTA (Aroostook County) 14 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

15 BRADFORD Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

16 BRADLEY 16 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

17 BREWER Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

18 BURLINGTON 18 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

19 CARMEL Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

20 CARROLL 20 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

21 CHARLESTON Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

22 Charleston Village 22 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

23 CHESTER Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

24 CLIFTON 24 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

25 CORRINA Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

26 CORINTH 26 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

27 East Corinth Parker House, East Corinth, Me L. Nichols Proprietor Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

28 DEXTER 28 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

29 Dexter Village Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

30 DIXMONT 30 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

31 DREW Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

32 EAST CENTRAL PENOBSCOT 32 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

33 EAST MILLINOCKET Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

34 EDDINGTON 34 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

35 EDINBURG Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

36 ENFIELD 36 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

37 ETNA Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

38 EXETER 38 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

39 GARLAND Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

40 GLENBURN 40 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

41 GREENBUSH Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

42 HAMPDEN 42 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

43 Hampden Village, Arey s Corner & East Hampden Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

44 Hampden Pictures 44 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

45 HERMON Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

46 HOLDEN 46 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

47 HOPKINS ACADEMY GRANT Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

48 HOWLAND 48 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

49 HUDSON Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

50 KENDUSKEAG 50 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

51 KINGMAN Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

52 LA GRANGE 52 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

53 LAKEVILLE Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

54 LEE 54 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

55 LEVANT Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

56 LINCOLN 56 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

57 LINCOLN Cont. Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

58 Lincoln Village 58 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

59 Lincoln Centre Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

60 LOWELL 60 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

61 MATTAWAMKEAG Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

62 MAXFIELD 62 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

63 MEDWAY Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

64 MILFORD 64 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

65 MILLINOCKET Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

66 MOUNT CHASE 66 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

67 NEWBURGH Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

68 NEWPORT 68 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

69 Newport Village Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

70 NORTH PENOBSCOT Northern Portion 70 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

71 NORTH PENOBSCOT Cont. Central Portion Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

72 NORTH PENOBSCOT Cont. Southern Portion 72 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

73 NORTH PENOBSCOT Cont. Millinocket Portion Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

74 OLD TOWN 74 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

75 Old Town Village Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

76 West Great Works & Great Works 76 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

77 Upper Still Water Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

78 ORONO 78 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

79 Orono Village Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

80 ORRINGTON 80 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

81 East Orrington & Mill Creek Village Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

82 Orrington Village 82 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

83 PATTEN Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

84 PLYMOUTH 84 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

85 PRENTISS Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

86 SEBOEIS 86 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

87 SPRINGFIELD Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

88 STACYVILLE 88 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

89 STETSON Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

90 TWOMBLY 90 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

91 VEAZIE Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

92 WEBSTER 92 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

93 WHITNEY Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

94 WINN 94 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

95 WOODVILLE Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

96 Statistics 96 Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

97 1859 Map of Penobscot County Topographical Map of the County of Penobscot, Maine Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH