This is a list of the townships listed in the 1840 US Census of Aroostook County, with the current names of those townships. If you can help me out with information on the current names of any of the other places, or if you have any more specific information or corrections, please Thanks.
Please note that there is not an exact correspondence between the borders of the townships and the areas that the census taker canvassed under the heading of a specific township. Some people who lived in one township show up in another, neighboring one in the census. In addition, some communities that are not currently within the borders of Aroostook County are included, in particular in Madawaska North of the St.John river (now mostly in New Brunswick), and Township 3, Ranges 6 and 7, which is in Penobscot County.
For a list of current townships with the 1840 names, click here
Amity: Amity Belfast Academy Grant: Ludlow Benedicta, or No. 2, 5th Range: Benedicta Bridgewater Academy Grant: Part of Bridgewater Fort Fairfield or Letter D: Southern part of Fort Fairfield Framingham Academy Grant: Part of Littleton Hodgdon: Hodgdon Houlton: part of Houlton Letter A, 1st Range: Cary Plantation Letter A, 2nd Range: Letter A, Range 2 Letter A, 5th Range: Molunkus Letter G: Part of Presque Isle (?) Letter G, 2nd Range: Part of Presque Isle Letters H & I, 1st and 2nd Ranges: Parts of Caribou Letter H, 2nd Range: (seems to be part of Letter H, 2nd Range), Caribou Linneus:Linneus Madawaska North of the St.John River: Communities along the northern bank of the St.John River upriver from Grand Falls in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, including Edmundston, St.Basile, St. Hilaire, plus communities from Fort Kent westward along the St.John, and along the Fish River in Aroostook County Madawaska South of the St.John River: Communities from Van Buren to about Fort Kent, including Madawaska and Frenchville New Limerick: New Limerick Orient Gore: Orient Plymouth Grant: Part of Fort Fairfield Plymouth & Eaton Grants, 1st Range: Part of Fort Fairfield and Caribou Smyrna: Smyrna |
Township Number 1, 2nd Range: Bancroft Township Number 1, 3rd Range: Reed Plantation Township Number 1, 4th Range: Upper Molunkus and North Yarmouth Academy Grant Township Number 1, 5th Range: Township No.1, Range 5 Township Number 2, 2nd Range: Haynesville Township Number 2, 3rd Range: Glenwood Plantation Township Number 2, 5nd Range or Irish Township: Probably Silver Ridge Township Township Number 3, 2nd Range: Forkstown Township Number 3, 5th Range: Sherman Township Number 3, 6th & 7th Ranges: Stacyville, Sherman Station, and Township 3, Range 7, Penobscot County Township Number 4, 5th Range, or Fish's Township: Crystal Township Number 5, 3rd Range: Oakfield Township Number 6, 5th Range: Moro Plantation Townships Number 7 & 9, 5th Range: Township 7, Range 5, Township 9, Range 5 (along Route 11 toward Masardis) Township Number 9: part of Orient, part of Haynesville Township Number 10, 5th Range or Masardis: Masardis Township Township Number 11, 1st Range: Cary Plantation Township Number 11, 5th Range: Ashland Township Number 13, 3rd Range: Washburn Westfield Academy Grant: Westfield Weston: Weston Williams College Grant: part of Houlton |
Last revised 23 Feb 2002
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