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Atkinson is an unincorporated township and former town in Piscataquis County, Maine, and part of the state's Unorganized Territory.The township was named after Judge Atkinson, a landholder. It was settled in 1804 and incorporated as a town on February 12, 1819.
Following three votes by the town to deorganize, the state legislature approved the town's efforts with a law taking effect on April 12, 2018. The town's residents confirmed their desire to deorganize by a vote of 187 of 19 on November 6, 2018. The town officially deorganized on July 1, 2019.
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1839 - Atkinson
Atkinson, Maine
Piscataquis county. This township was incorporated in 1819. It lies about 35 miles N.N.W. from Bangor, 132 N.E. from Portland and 79 N.E. from Augusta. Population, 1837, 557. It is bounded on the N. by Piscataquis river. This town has a good soil. Wheat crop, 1837, 5,168 bushels.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
Atkinson, Maine
Piscataquis county. This township was incorporated in 1819. It lies about 35 miles N.N.W. from Bangor, 132 N.E. from Portland and 79 N.E. from Augusta. Population, 1837, 557. It is bounded on the N. by Piscataquis river. This town has a good soil. Wheat crop, 1837, 5,168 bushels.
The New England Gazetteer containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England: also descriptions of the principal mountains, rivers lakes, capes, bays, harbors, islands and fashionable resorts within that territory. By John Hayward, author of the Columbian Traveller, Religious Creeds, &c. &c. Boston: John Hayward. Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839
1906 - Atkinson
Atkinson, a post-township (town) of Piscataquis co., Me., about 32 miles NNW. of Bangor. Pop. in 1900, 495.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
Atkinson, a post-township (town) of Piscataquis co., Me., about 32 miles NNW. of Bangor. Pop. in 1900, 495.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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