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Knox County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
102historic places
—earliest paper
1860formed
40,607pop. 2020
75cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 102 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 10 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Rockland, Camden, North Haven.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Maine is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Knox titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

65 of 102 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

102 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AMERICAN EAGLE (schooner) NHLRocklandStructure1991
Alden, Ebenezer, HouseUnionBuilding1975
Allen's IslandSt. GeorgeSite1983
American BoathouseCamdenBuilding1982
Amesbury, Joe, PlaceNorth HavenSite1982
BLACKJACK (friendship sloop)RocklandStructure2020
Beechnut Hut Historic DistrictRockportDistrict2003
Bortz-Lewis SiteNorth HavenSite1982
Browns Head Light StationVinalhavenBuilding1983
Bull RockNorth HavenSite1982
Burton, Benjamin, Garrison SiteCushingSite1983
Cabot I SiteNorth HavenSite1982
Camden Amphitheatre and Public Library NHLCamdenDistrict2013
Camden Great Fire Historic DistrictCamdenDistrict2007
Camden Opera House BlockCamdenBuilding1986
Camden Yacht ClubCamdenBuilding1980
Chestnut Street Historic DistrictCamdenDistrict1991
Common, TheUnionDistrict2007
Conway HouseCamdenBuilding1969
Crocker SiteNorth HavenSite1982
Curtis Island LightCamdenBuilding1973
Dunn & Elliot Sail LoftThomastonBuilding2020
Farnsworth HomesteadRocklandBuilding1973
Finnish Congregational Church and ParsonageSouth ThomastonBuilding1994
GRACE BAILEY (two-masted schooner) NHLCamdenStructure1990
Gaunt Neck Site ComplexCushingDistrict2005
Georges River CanalWarrenSite1970
Goose Rocks Light StationNorth HavenStructure1988
Grant, Gooden, HouseIsle Au HautBuilding2013
Gushee Family HouseAppletonBuilding1998
Herald BuildingCamdenBuilding2020
Heron Neck Light StationVinalhavenDistrict1988
High Street Historic DistrictCamdenDistrict1989
High Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)CamdenDistrict1999
ISAAC H. EVANS (schooner) NHLRocklandStructure1991
Indian Island Light StationRockportDistrict1988
Isle Au Haut Light StationIsle Au HautDistrict1988
J. & E. RIGGIN (schooner) NHLRocklandStructure1991
King, Thomas, InscriptionCushingSite1979
Knox County CourthouseRocklandBuilding1977
LEWIS R. FRENCH (schooner) NHLRocklandStructure1991
Land's End Historic DistrictSaint GeorgeDistrict2011
Lermond MillUnionBuilding1984
MERCANTILE (schooner) NHLCamdenStructure1991
MERCANTILE (two-masted schooner)CamdenStructure1990
Main Street Historic DistrictRocklandDistrict1978
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)RocklandDistrict2012
Manana Island Fog Signal StationMonhegan IslandDistrict2002
Marshall Point Light StationPort ClydeDistrict1988
Matinicus Rock Light StationMatinicus IslandDistrict1988
Maxcy, Joseph and Hannah, HomesteadUnionBuilding2004
Mequnticook Golf ClubRockportDistrict1993
Miller's GarageRocklandBuilding2023
Mosquito Island HouseSt.GeorgeBuilding1983
Mt. Battie TowerCamdenStructure2018
Mullen's CoveNorth HavenSite1984
Murch Family HouseVinalhavenBuilding1993
NorumbegaCamdenBuilding1974
Norumbega Carriage HouseCamdenBuilding1982
Olson House NHLSouth CushingDistrict1995
Owls Head Light StationOwls HeadBuilding1978
Pleasant River Grange No. 492VinalhavenBuilding1999
Rankin BlockRocklandBuilding1978
Rockland BreakwaterRocklandStructure2003
Rockland Breakwater LighthouseRocklandBuilding1981
Rockland Public LibraryRocklandBuilding1979
Rockland Railroad StationRocklandBuilding1978
Rockland Residential Historic DistrictRocklandDistrict1987
Rockland Turntable and Engine HouseRocklandDistrict1993
Rockport Historic DistrictRockportDistrict1976
Rockport Historic Kiln AreaRockportDistrict1970
STEPHEN TABER (schooner) NHLCamdenStructure1984
SURPRISE (schooner)CamdenStructure1991
Saddleback Ledge Light StationVinalhavenStructure1988
Sail LoftTenants HarborBuilding1977
Security Trust BuildingRocklandBuilding1978
Singhi Double HouseRocklandBuilding2019
Spite HouseRockportBuilding1974
Star of Hope LodgeVinalhavenBuilding1982
Strand TheatreRocklandBuilding2004
TIMBERWIND (Schooner)RockportStructure1992
Thomaston Historic DistrictThomastonDistrict1974
Thorndike, George, HouseSouth ThomastonBuilding1983
Tillson Farm BarnGlen CoveBuilding1990
Tillson, Gen. Davis, HouseRocklandBuilding1983
Tolman CemeteryRocklandSite2017
Turner Farm IINorth HavenSite1982
Turner Farm SiteNorth HavenSite1976
US Post Office-Camden MainCamdenBuilding1986
Union Church of VinalhavenVinalhavenBuilding1984
Union Meeting House, (Appleton)AppletonBuilding2014
Union Town House (Former)UnionBuilding2001
VICTORY CHIMES (Schooner) NHLRocklandStructure1996
Vinalhaven Galamander, TheVinalhavenObject1970
Vinalhaven Public LibraryVinalhavenBuilding1989
WENDAMEEN (Yacht)CamdenStructure1992
Webster, Moses, HouseVinalhavenBuilding1998
Wharf HouseNorth HavenBuilding1991
Whitehead Lifesaving StationSpruceheadDistrict1988
Whitehead Light StationTenants HarborDistrict1988
Whitney FarmAppletonDistrict2015
Williams, Timothy and Jane, HouseRocklandBuilding2005

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Knox was formed in 1860 (1860-04-01) from Lincoln, Waldo.

KNOX created from LINCOLN and WALDO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Knox County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

41k33k26k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
32,71632,86330,40626,24527,19128,12128,57532,94139,61840,607

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

75 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 75 of 75 listed
NameLatLon
Achorn Cemetery44.12406-69.12252
Amesbury Hill Cemetery44.1873-69.07893
Ash Point Cemetery44.0496-69.08578
Browns Cemetery44.14017-68.87321
Clark Cemetery44.27854-69.29009
Clark Hill Cemetery43.95285-69.21838
Cummins Cemetery44.04656-68.82104
Duck Harbor Cemetery44.02771-68.64306
East Union Cemetery44.20442-69.22459
Evergreen Cemetery44.08159-69.06112
Fairview Cemetery44.11785-69.22144
Farnsworth Cemetery44.09768-69.12334
Forest Hill Cemetery44.01412-69.14326
Frye Cemetery44.17146-68.83253
Fuller Cemetery44.15289-68.87584
Ginn Point Cemetery44.06382-69.07352
Griffin Cemetery44.2509-69.03337
Hall Cemetery44.08056-69.10484
Harbor Cemetery43.97511-69.34138
Hart Cemetery44.27811-69.28036
Hathorn Cemetery43.98143-69.2715
Head of Bay Cemetery44.08003-69.10551
Hill Cemetery44.09579-68.85862
Holiday Beach Cemetery44.0746-69.06212
Hope Grove Cemetery44.2614-69.16356
Howard Cemetery44.29923-69.42199
Hyler Jameson Cemetery44.04611-69.20592
John Carver Cemetery44.0498-68.8392
Kelleran Cemetery44.02499-69.23875
Kent Cemetery44.1487-68.84587
Lake View Cemetery44.22221-69.30483
Lane Family Cemetery44.03691-68.83337
Leadbetter Cemetery44.14177-68.89983
Maple Grove Cemetery44.27095-69.37183
McDowell Cemetery44.29657-69.36252
Merchant Island Cemetery44.10188-68.64154
Miller Cemetery44.30645-69.31865
Morey Hill Cemetery44.24938-69.18836
Mountain View Cemetery44.21647-69.07337
New Rockville Cemetery44.16007-69.11615
North Parish Cemeteries44.02009-69.20279
Oak Hill Cemetery44.21119-69.10421
Ocean View Cemetery44.02192-69.12983
Old Brown Cemetery44.178-68.8404
Old Village Cemetery43.98564-69.33339
Orff Cemetery44.02706-69.25983
Perry Cemetery44.26562-69.33393
Pierpont Cemetery44.29874-69.36161
Pine Grove Cemetery44.2877-69.24457
Pleasant View Cemetery43.9715-69.30615
Pooles Hill Cemetery44.07647-68.78342
Post Sunny View Cemetery44.17041-69.28593
Quaker Cemetery44.28082-69.24626
Riverview Cemetery44.1211-69.24818
Roadside Cemetery43.99226-69.34117
Roberts Cemetery44.03988-68.81544
Rose Hill Cemetery44.07435-69.07109
Saint Johns Cemetery44.08525-69.17827
Samoset Cemetery44.12535-69.08837
Seaside Cemetery43.96368-69.21616
Seaview Cemetery44.12414-69.08976
Seaview Cemetery44.19369-69.06032
Seaview Cemetery44.14757-68.87277
Seaview Cemetery44.14785-68.87281
Skidmore Cemetery44.27157-69.3335
South Parish Cemetery43.94498-69.24485
South Warren Cemetery44.07841-69.22782
Sprague Cemetery44.30143-69.25139
The Village Cemetery44.0834-69.17532
Tolman Cemetery44.12919-69.12293
Turners Cemetery44.07647-68.63435
Village Cemetery44.20615-69.27696
Village Cemetery44.05275-69.12089
West Rockport Cemetery44.18677-69.13046
Weymouth Cemetery44.34126-69.25862

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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