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Waldo County, Maine

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
69historic places
—earliest paper
1827formed
39,607pop. 2020
123cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 69 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Searsport, Belfast, Islesboro.

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 Waldo titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

44 of 69 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

69 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
(Former) Maine Central Railroad DepotBrooksBuilding2009
Archeological Site No. 29-64IslesboroSite1982
Archeological Site No. 39.1SearsmontSite1994
Bayside Historic DistrictBaysideDistrict1996
Belfast Commercial Historic DistrictBelfastDistrict1980
Belfast Historic District (Additional Documentation)BelfastDistrict1986
Belfast Historic District (Boundary Increase)BelfastDistrict1993
Belfast Historic District (Boundary Increase)BelfastDistrict1995
Belfast National BankBelfastBuilding1973
Black Horse TavernBelfastBuilding1982
Camp NEOFAMontvilleDistrict2024
Carver Memorial LibrarySearsportBuilding1993
Chase, Hezekiah, HouseUnityBuilding1978
Christ ChurchDark HarborBuilding1992
Church Street Historic DistrictBelfastDistrict1978
Cobe EstateNorthportBuilding1983
College Club InnSearsportBuilding2000
Dark Harbor ShopIslesboroBuilding2017
Drexel EstateIslesboroBuilding1985
East Main Street Historic DistrictSearsportDistrict1991
Farwell Brothers StoreThorndikeBuilding2019
First Church of BelfastBelfastBuilding1976
Fort Knox State Park NHLProspectStructure1969
Fort Point Light StationStockton SpringsDistrict1988
Fort Pownall MemorialStockton SpringsSite1969
Frankfort DamFrankfortStructure2003
Free Will Baptist Church and CemeteryNorth IslesboroBuilding1988
Greer's Corner SchoolBelmont CornerBuilding1991
Grindle Point Light StationIslesboroBuilding1987
Hardscrabble FarmSearsmontDistrict1994
Hayford BlockBelfastBuilding1977
Hichborn, Nathan G., HouseStockton SpringsBuilding1988
Islesboro Free LibraryIslesboroBuilding1989
Keen HallFreedomBuilding2017
Knowlton, Ebenezer, HouseMontvilleBuilding2002
Lincolnville Center Meeting HouseLincolnville CenterBuilding1983
Marsh SchoolProspectBuilding2013
Masonic TempleBelfastBuilding1973
McGilvery, Capt. John, HouseSearsportBuilding1983
McGilvery, Capt. William, HouseSearsportBuilding1983
Mill at Freedom FallsFreedomBuilding2012
Montville Town HouseMontvilleBuilding2012
Moody FarmSearsmontBuilding2002
Mortland Family FarmSearsportDistrict1991
Mount Waldo Granite WorksFrankfortSite1974
Nichols, Capt. John P., HouseSearsportBuilding1983
Old Post OfficeLibertyBuilding1973
Pendleton, James G., HouseSearsportBuilding1995
Penobscot Marine MuseumSearsportDistrict1970
Penobscot Marine Museum (Boundary Increase)SearsportDistrict1997
Philler CottageIslesboroBuilding1985
Pilley HouseBrooksBuilding2022
Primrose Hill Historic DistrictBelfastDistrict1973
Privateer Brigantine DEFENCE Shipwreck SiteStockton SpringsSite1975
Searsport Historic DistrictSearsportDistrict1979
Seven Star Grange, No. 73TroyBuilding2011
Springdale FarmBurnhamDistrict2000
Stockton Springs Community ChurchStockton SpringsBuilding1985
Tiffany, George S., CottageDark HarborBuilding1989
Tranquility Grange No. 344Lincolnville CenterBuilding2002
Troy Meeting HouseTroyBuilding2011
Ulmer, George, HouseLincolnvilleBuilding2006
Union HallSearsportBuilding1986
Union SchoolSearsportBuilding1993
Village SchoolUnityBuilding2014
Webster, Paul and Lucena, Summer HouseStockton SpringsBuilding2023
White, James P., HouseBelfastBuilding1973
Winterport Congregational ChurchWinterportBuilding1973
Winterport Historic DistrictWinterportDistrict1975

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Waldo was formed in 1827 (1827-07-03) from Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln, Penobscot.

WALDO created from HANCOCK, KENNEBEC, LINCOLN, and PENOBSCOT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Waldo County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

47k34k20k18301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
29,78841,50938,44732,46324,18521,32821,15921,68722,63228,41436,28039,607

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 123 listed
NameLatLon
Bayview Cemetery44.36757-68.8717
Beach Cemetery44.27894-69.00843
Boulter Cemetery44.54109-69.33338
Bowditch Cemetery44.47355-68.88625
Bradstreet Cemetery44.47745-69.36613
Burnham Village Cemetery44.69102-69.42617
Carter Cemetery44.41777-69.33691
Cates Cemetery44.57621-69.16776
Center Cemetery44.41777-69.42795
Center Cemetery44.59759-69.22937
Chandler Cemetery44.66681-69.32802
City Point Cemetery44.45399-69.03482
Clark Cemetery44.65333-68.94205
Cole Cemetery44.61534-69.20264
Collier Cemetery44.33292-69.01296
Cove Cemetery44.68799-68.84593
Cross Cemetery44.3127-69.1354
Cross Cemetery44.42055-69.12277
Dennis Hill Cemetery44.41673-69.43225
Douglass Cemetery44.54384-69.29457
East Belfast Cemetery44.42784-68.98614
East Knox Cemetery44.50675-69.21045
East Northport Cemetery44.38931-68.99142
East Palermo Cemetery44.3707-69.392
East Searsmont Cemetery44.35499-69.1408
Ellingwood Corner Cemetery44.67689-68.91904
Elmwood Cemetery44.46371-68.90984
Evans Corner Cemetery44.48902-69.09884
Evergreen Cemetery44.55177-68.95464
Fairview Cemetery44.67021-69.26015
Farwell Cemetery44.58662-69.29943
Fish Cemetery44.32578-69.33923
Fletcher Cemetery44.30514-69.14037
Fogg Cemetery44.65467-69.11555
Foster Carter Cemetery44.48553-69.24154
Fowler Cemetery44.55125-69.3881
Gordon Cemetery44.44158-68.94162
Gove Cemetery44.33364-69.3776
Greenlawn Cemetery44.52104-69.004
Greenwood Cemetery44.42584-69.24127
Grove Cemetery44.42562-69.01698
Hadley Cemetery44.46539-69.07765
Hannan Cemetery44.35911-69.39354
Hannon Cemetery44.34408-69.34143
Harding Cemetery44.50001-69.09002
Harmony Place Cemetery44.63433-69.04556
Harvey Cemetery44.48114-69.03431
Hathaway Cemetery44.7043-69.23576
Head of the Tide Cemetery44.44818-69.0492
Hillcrest Cemetery44.40839-69.21324
Hills Cemetery44.33978-69.05908
Hillside Cemetery44.39908-69.12403
Hunts Memorial Cemetery44.38581-69.29991
Kelley - Danforth Cemetery44.5093-69.33573
Knight Cemetery44.32718-69.00104
Knox Ridge Cemetery44.54015-69.26665
Knox Station Cemetery44.55576-69.23007
Land of Rest Cemetery44.53212-69.01817
Lane Cemetery44.59799-68.94261
Lassell Cemetery44.32212-69.17407
Lenfest Cemetery44.34379-69.40295
Leonard Cemetery44.53677-69.18919
Lowe Cemetery44.60618-68.97604
Lower Cemetery44.29856-69.11256
Maple Grove Cemetery44.28274-68.90268
Maplewood Cemetery44.29511-69.01144
Merithew Cemetery44.50893-68.95743
Mount Cemetery44.70666-69.38683
Mount Holly Cemetery44.66557-69.23932
Mount Hope Cemetery44.46581-68.95149
Mount Prospect Cemetery44.4974-68.86108
Mount Repose Cemetery44.40113-69.28375
Mount Rest Cemetery44.581-69.05171
Mount Solitude Cemetery44.57584-69.0229
Mudgett Cemetery44.67779-69.43937
New Greeley Corner Cemetery44.3784-69.45309
Nickerson Cemetery44.51956-68.98953
Oak Grove Cemetery44.36521-69.19554
Oak Hill Cemetery44.64175-68.84779
Old Greeley Corner Cemetery44.37896-69.45415

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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