Maine Towns in the 1790 Census
by County
1790 Town Name in Left Column / Current Name in Right Column
Cumberland County
| Bakerstown Plantation | Auburn, Mechanic Falls, Minot, Poland |
| Bridgton | Bridgton, part of Naples, part of Harrison |
| Brunswick | Brunswick |
| Bucktown Plantation | Buckfield |
| Butterfield Plantation | Sumner |
| Cape Elizabeth | Cape Elizabeth, South Portland |
| Durham | Durham |
| Falmouth | Falmouth, Westbrook, Falmouth Foreside |
| Flintstown Plantation | Baldwin, Sebago |
| Freeport | Freeport, Pownal |
| Gorham and Scarborough | Gorham, Scarborough |
| Gray | Gray |
| Harpswell | Harpswell and offshore islands |
| New Gloucester | New Gloucester |
| North Yarmouth | Yarmouth, Cumberland |
| Otisfield | Otisfield, part of Naples, part of Harrison |
| Plantation No. 4 | Paris |
| Portland | Portland |
| Raymondtown Plantation | Raymond, Casco, part of Naples |
| Rusfield Gore (Rustfield) | part of Norway |
| Scarborough | Scarborough |
| Shepardsfield Plantation | Hebron, Oxford |
| Standish | Standish |
| Turner | Turner |
| Waterford Plantation | Waterford |
| Windham | Windham |
| Hancock County | back to top |
| Barrettstown | Appleton, Hope |
| Belfast | Belfast, part of Searsport |
| Bluehill | Blue Hill |
| Camden | Camden, Rockport |
| Canaan | Lincolnville |
| Conduskeeg Plantation (Kenduskeag) | Bangor, Hampden, Hermon, Old Town, Orono, Veazier, Argyle, Milford |
| Deer Isle | Deer Isle, Stonington |
| Ducktrap | Lincolnville, Northport |
| Eastern River Township No. 2 | Orland |
| Eddy Township | Eddington, Bradley |
| Frankfort | Frankfort, Prospect, Stockton, part of Hampden, Searsport, Winterport |
| Gouldsborough | Gouldsboro, Corea, Winter Harbor, Prospect Harbor area |
| Isleborough | Islesboro |
| Mount Desert | towns on Mt. Desert Island |
| Orphan Island | Verona |
| Orrington | Orrington, Brewer, Holden |
| Penobscot | Penobscot, Castine, part of Brooksville |
| Sedgwick | Sedgwick, Brooklin, part of Brooksville |
| Small Islands not belonging to any town | Islands out of Penobscot Bay |
| Sullivan | Sullivan, Sorrento, Franklin |
| Trenton (incl. No. 1, east side of Union River) | Trenton, Lamoine, part of Hancock, part of Ellsworth |
| Township No. 1 (Bucks) | Bucksport |
| Township No. 6 (west side of Union River) | Surry, part of Ellsworth |
| Vinalhaven | Vinalhaven, North Haven |
| Lincoln County * | back to top |
| Balltown | Jefferson, Whitefield |
| Bath | Bath, West Bath |
| Boothbay | Boothbay, Southport |
| Boothbay Harbor | Boothbay Harbor |
| Bowdoin | Bowdoin, Lisbon |
| Bristol * | Bristol, Bremen, South Bristol, New Harbor |
| Canaan | Canaan, Skowhegan |
| Carratunk | Bingham, Solon |
| Carrs Plantation, or Unity | New Sharon |
| Chester | Chesterville |
| Cushing | Cushing, St. George |
| Edgecomb | Edgecomb, Westport |
| Fairfield | Fairfield |
| Georgetown | Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woowich, Phippsburg, part of Bath |
| Great Pond Plantation | Palermo |
| Greene | Greene |
| Hallowell | Hallowell, Augusta, Chelsea, Manchester |
| Hancock | Clinton, Benton |
| Hunts Meadow | part of Whitefield |
| Jones Plantation | China |
| Lewiston and the Gore Adjoining | Lewiston, Little River, part of Lisbon |
| Littleborough Plantation | Leeds |
| Livermore, east side of Androscoggin River | Livermore |
| Meduncook | Friendship |
| New Castle | Newcastle |
| New Sandwich | Wayne |
| Nobleborough * | Nobleborough |
| Norridgewock | Norridgewock |
| Norridgewock, Settlement east of Pittston | Gardiner, West Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph |
| Pownalborough | Alna, Dresden, Wiscasset |
| Prescotts & Whichers Plantation | Belgrade |
| Rockmeeki, east of river | Jay |
| Sandy River, First Township | Farmington, Wilton |
| Sandy River from its mouth to Carrs Plantation | Starks |
| Sandy River Middle Township | Strong |
| Sandy River Upper Township | Avon |
| Seven Mile Brook | Anson, North Anson |
| Smithtown Plantation | Litchfield |
| Starling Plantation | Fayette |
| Thomaston | Thomaston, South Thomaston, Rockland |
| Titcomb | Embden |
| Topsham | Topsham |
| Twenty-File Mile Pond | Unity, Burnham |
| Union | Union |
| Vassalborough | Vassalborough, Sidney |
| Waldoborough * | Waldoborough |
| Wales Plantation | Wales Plantation, Monmouth |
| Warren | Warren |
| Washington | Belgrade, Mount Vernon |
| Winslow, with its adjacents | Oakland, Waterville, Winslow |
| Winthrop | Readfield, Winthrop |
| Woolwich | Woolwich |
| Between Norridgewock and Seven Mile Brook | Madison |
| Washington County | back to top |
| Bucks Harbor Neck | Bucks Harbor Neck |
| Machias | Machias |
| Plantations East of Machias |
# 1 Perry # 2 Dennysville, Pembroke # 3 Robbinston # 4 Calais # 8 Eastport, Lubec # 9 Trescott #10 Edmunds #11 Cutler #12 Whiting #13 Marion |
| Plantation West of Machias |
# 1 Steuben # 5 Harrington, Milbridge # 6 Addison #11 Cherryfield #12 Columbia #13 Columbia Falls #22 Beals, Jonesboro, Jonesport, Rogue Bluffs |
| York County | back to top |
| Arundel | Arundel, Kennebunkport |
| Berwick | Berwick, North Berwick, South Berwick |
| Biddeford | Biddeford, Saco |
| Brownfield | Brownfield |
| Brownfield Township in the Gore Adjoining | East Brownfield |
| Buxton | Buxton |
| Coxhall | Lyman |
| Francisborough Plantation | Cornish |
| Fryeburg | Fryeburg |
| Hiram | Hiram |
| Kittery | Kittery, Eliot |
| Lebanon | Lebanon |
| Limerick | Limerick |
| Little Falls | Dayton, Hollis |
| Little Ossipee | Limington |
| New Penacook | Rumford |
| Parsonsfield | Parsonsfield |
| Pepperellborough | Saco, Old Orchard Beach |
| Porterfield | Porter |
| Sanford | Sanford, Alfred |
| Shapleigh | Shapleigh, Acton |
| Sudbury - Canada | Bethel, Hanover |
| Sudbury - Canada settlements adjoining | Newry |
| Suncook | Lovell |
| Washington Plantation | Newfield |
| Waterborough | Waterborough |
| Waterford | Waterford |
| Wells | Wells |
| York | York |
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| * The 1908 census publication,
on which the listing above is based, transposed 3 towns in
Lincoln County. Thus when working with the published census
listings the following printed names should be interchanged:
Bristol should be Nobleborough Nobleborough should be Waldoborough Waldoborough should be Bristol (see NEGHR 86 [1932]:132) |