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Penobscot County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
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114historic places
—earliest paper
1816formed
152,199pop. 2020
159cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 114 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Bangor, Orono, Millinocket.

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 Penobscot titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

79 of 114 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

114 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbott Memorial LibraryDexterBuilding1978
Adams-Pickering BlockBangorBuilding1974
All Souls Congregational ChurchBangorBuilding1992
Allan, Harold, SchoolhouseCliftonBuilding2008
Alpha Tau Omega HouseOronoBuilding2023
Archeological Site No. 122-14MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 122-16MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 122-22MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 122-6MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 122-8MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 134-8MillinocketSite1995
Archeological Site No. 134-9MillinocketSite1995
Bangor Children's HomeBangorBuilding1975
Bangor Fire Engine House No. 6BangorBuilding1988
Bangor Hose House No. 5BangorBuilding1997
Bangor HouseBangorBuilding1972
Bangor Mental Health InstituteBangorBuilding1987
Bangor StandpipeBangorStructure1974
Bangor Theological Seminary Historic DistrictBangorDistrict1977
Bank BlockDexterBuilding1999
Battleship Maine MonumentBangorObject1999
Blake HouseBangorBuilding1972
Bodwell Water Power Company PlantMilfordDistrict1988
Bradford Farm Historic DistrictPattenDistrict2003
Brewer High SchoolBrewerBuilding2014
Broadway Historic DistrictBangorDistrict1973
Bryant, Charles G., Double HouseBangorBuilding1986
Building at 84-96 Hammond StreetBangorBuilding2005
Bussey, Louis I., SchoolDixmontBuilding1976
Cliffwood HallCliftonBuilding2008
Colburn, William, HouseOronoBuilding1973
Colonial ApartmentsBangorBuilding2012
Congregational Church of MedwayMedwayBuilding1977
Connors HouseBangorBuilding1983
Corinth Town Hall and Corinthian Lodge #59, I.O.O.F.CorinthBuilding2008
Corinth VillageEast CorinthDistrict1973
Curtis, John B., Free Public LibraryBradfordBuilding1997
Cushman, Abial, StoreLeeBuilding1990
Dexter Grist MillDexterBuilding1975
Dexter Universalist ChurchDexterBuilding1985
District #5 School HouseHermonBuilding1997
District No. 2 SchoolPassadumkeagBuilding1997
Dixmont Corner ChurchDixmontBuilding1983
Dixmont Town HouseDixmontBuilding2014
East Eddington Public HallEddingtonBuilding2004
Eddington Bend (Site 74-8)EddingtonSite1988
Enterprise Grange, No. 173OrringtonBuilding2008
Farrar, Samuel, HouseBangorBuilding1974
Garland Grange HallGarlandBuilding1975
Godfrey-Kellogg HouseBangorBuilding1973
Gordon Fox RanchLincolnBuilding2015
Grand Army Memorial HomeBangorBuilding1972
Great Fire of 1911 Historic DistrictBangorDistrict1984
Great Fire of 1911 Historic District (Boundary Increase)BangorDistrict2023
Great Northern Paper Company Administration Historic DistrictMillinocketDistrict2023
Gut Island SiteOld TownSite1994
Hamlin, Hannibal, HouseBangorBuilding1979
Hammond Street Congregation ChurchBangorBuilding1982
Hampden AcademyHampdenBuilding1975
Hampden Congregational ChurchHampdenBuilding1987
Harmony HallHampdenBuilding2007
Hasey's Maine Stages BuildingBangorBuilding2024
Hexagon BarnNewportBuilding1980
Hirundo SiteOld TownSite1975
Holden Town HallHoldenBuilding2014
Jenkins, Charles W., HouseBangorBuilding1990
Johonnot, Col. Gabriel, HouseHampdenBuilding2025
Jonas Cutting-Edward Kent HouseBangorBuilding1973
Kinsley, Martin, HouseHampden HighlandsBuilding1983
Knowlton, Jabez, StoreNewburghBuilding1978
Low, Joseph W., HouseBangorBuilding1973
Maine Archeological Survey SiteIndian IslandSite1984
Maine Experiment Station BarnOronoBuilding1990
Mallett HallLeeBuilding1993
Milford Congregational ChurchMilfordBuilding1989
Morse & Co. Office BuildingBangorBuilding1973
Morse's Corner SchoolCorinnaBuilding2024
Mount Hope Cemetery DistrictBangorDistrict1974
North Newport Christian ChurchNorth NewportBuilding1995
Old Fire Engine HouseOronoBuilding1985
Old TavernBurlingtonBuilding1986
Orono Main Street Historic DistrictOronoDistrict1977
Patch, Edith Marion, HouseOld TownBuilding2001
Penobscot Expedition SiteBangor-BrewerSite1973
Penobscot Salmon Club and PoolNorth BrewerBuilding1976
Phi Gamma Delta HouseOronoBuilding2013
Robyville BridgeRobyvilleStructure1970
Sargent, Daniel HouseBrewerSite1982
Sargent-Roberts HouseBangorBuilding1996
Sebasticook Lake Fishweir ComplexNewportSite1994
Smith, George W., HomesteadMattawamkeagBuilding1980
Smith, Zebulon, HouseBangorBuilding1974
Springfield Congregational ChurchSpringfieldBuilding1978
St. Anne's Church and Mission SiteOld TownBuilding1973
St. James Episcopal ChurchOld TownBuilding1974
St. John's Catholic ChurchBangorBuilding1973
Stetson Union ChurchStetsonBuilding1981
Stewart Free LibraryCorinnaBuilding1974
Symphony HouseBangorBuilding1972
Treat, Nathaniel, HouseOronoBuilding1973
US Post Office-Old Town MainOld TownBuilding1986
US Post Office-Orono MainOronoBuilding1986
United Baptist ChurchCharlestonBuilding2018
University of Maine Historic District Boundary IncreaseOronoDistrict2010
University of Maine at Orono Historic DistrictOronoDistrict1978
Veazie, Jones P., HouseBangorBuilding1988
Wardwell-Trickey Double HouseBangorBuilding1992
Washburn, Gov. Israel, HouseOronoBuilding1973
West Market Square Historic DistrictBangorDistrict1979
Wheelwright BlockBangorBuilding1974
Whitney Park Historic DistrictBangorDistrict1988
Williams, Gen. John, HouseBangorBuilding1978
Young SiteHudsonSite1976
Zions HillDexterDistrict1989

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Penobscot was formed in 1816 (1816-02-15) from Hancock.

PENOBSCOT created by Massachusetts from HANCOCK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Penobscot County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

154k84k14k1820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
13,87045,70572,73170,47676,24687,68497,104108,198126,346137,015144,919152,199

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

159 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 159 listed
NameLatLon
Academy Cemetery45.36283-68.28558
Alton Cemetery45.03324-68.72711
Applebee Cemetery45.24394-68.5687
Arnolds Corner Cemetery44.74028-69.06589
Bean Cemetery44.67556-69.07072
Belding Cemetery45.512-68.09141
Beth Abraham Cemetery44.82799-68.72786
Bickford Cemetery44.68115-69.05538
Birch Grove Cemetery44.8641-68.90457
Blackman Riverside Cemetery44.86012-68.67052
Boutell Cemetery44.95989-69.03108
Bragg Cemetery44.94267-69.1226
Burnham Cemetery45.04405-69.12653
Cardville Cemetery45.04677-68.57799
Carmel Village Cemetery44.79717-69.0482
Cedarvale Cemetery45.02746-68.65981
Chamberlain Cemetery44.95162-69.1736
Chapman Cemetery44.69566-68.98992
Clark Hill Cemetery44.90353-69.14619
Clewleyville Cemetery44.79783-68.67141
Coboro Cemetery44.85171-69.11851
Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery44.82773-68.72994
Corinna Center Cemetery44.95599-69.24888
Corinthian Cemetery44.99506-69.03754
Corner Cemetery45.07121-68.93764
Crowell Cemetery44.98422-69.15659
Dean Hill Cemetery44.72693-68.82839
Dennis Cemetery45.11491-68.61445
Dixmont Corner Cemetery44.68286-69.14275
Drew Cemetery45.62316-68.06978
East Millinocket Cemetery45.62065-68.56366
East Winn Cemetery45.43755-68.32863
Edinburg Cemetery45.20322-68.63184
Enfield Village Cemetery45.2493-68.56486
Etna Cemetery44.81442-69.11963
Evergreen Cemetery44.79038-68.87075
Evergreen Cemetery44.96256-68.95908
Evergreen Cemetery45.04102-69.13667
Evergreen Cemetery44.91278-68.62576
Exeter Mills Cemetery44.96648-69.08069
Fairview Cemetery44.8281-68.71681
Fernald Cemetery45.24726-68.59616
Forest Hill Cemetery44.92007-68.63948
Goodale Cemetery44.70128-68.75591
Goulds Ridge Cemetery45.15609-68.5682
Greeley Cemetery45.04642-69.18572
Grindstone Road Cemetery45.62866-68.53725
Half Township Cemetery45.34537-68.38818
Hall Cemetery44.83197-69.19744
Harts Corner Cemetery44.75203-68.65341
Hathaway Cemetery45.06092-69.11479
Hemlock Stream Cemetery45.08796-68.67208
Hermon Pond Cemetery44.78543-68.95696
Highland Cemetery44.80519-69.02829
Hill Cemetery44.74613-69.01046
Hill Rest Cemetery44.74803-68.71023
Hillside Cemetery45.09241-68.95078
Hilltop Cemetery44.94991-68.98615
Hoyt Brook Cemetery45.12441-68.64671
Jewell Cemetery44.66216-69.1879
Jonathan Eddy Cemetery44.82794-68.69335
Kenduskeag Cemetery44.91468-68.93095
Knapp / Carter Cemetery44.89034-68.64587
Knowlton Cemetery44.70978-69.04149
Lakeview Cemetery44.75056-68.91786
Lakeview Cemetery44.9145-68.82476
Lawndale Cemetery44.91868-68.68031
Leavitt Cemetery44.71077-69.04133
Lincoln Center Cemetery45.41075-68.48688
Locust Grove Cemetery44.73824-68.83791
Long Ridge Cemetery45.28073-68.44079
Lowell Cemetery45.19305-68.46928
Lucas Cemetery44.93456-69.00455
Lynch Cemetery45.59755-68.50413
Maple Grove Cemetery44.85724-68.80882
Maple Grove Cemetery44.97877-68.69303
Maplewood Cemetery45.0366-69.17272
Maplewood Cemetery44.79433-68.51989
Mattawamkeag Cemetery45.52165-68.35982
Medway Cemetery45.60576-68.52741
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Bowden45.67505-68.67115
Bowerbank45.39644-68.59919
Davidson45.83672-68.49614
Drake Place45.3684-68.1314
Gordon45.53006-68.28419
Woodard45.407-68.58419

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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