| State Abbr. |
FIPS State Code |
State |
| ME |
23 |
Maine |
|
FIPS county code |
County Name |
County Seat |
Formed in |
History |
|
001 |
Androscoggin County |
Auburn |
1854 |
from parts of Cumberland County, Kennebec County, Lincoln County, and Oxford County. |
|
003 |
Aroostook County |
Houlton |
1839 |
from parts of Penobscot County, and Washington County. |
|
005 |
Cumberland County |
Portland |
1761 |
as Cumberland County, Massachusetts from part of York County. |
|
007 |
Franklin County |
Farmington |
1838 |
from parts of Kennebec County, Oxford County, and Somerset County. |
|
009 |
Hancock County |
Ellsworth |
1790 |
as Hancock County, Massachusetts from part of Lincoln County. |
|
011 |
Kennebec County |
Augusta |
1799 |
as Kennebec County, Massachusetts from part of Lincoln County . |
|
013 |
Knox County |
Rockland |
1860 |
from parts of Lincoln County and Waldo County. |
|
015 |
Lincoln County |
Wiscasset |
1760 |
from part of York County. |
|
017 |
Oxford County |
Paris |
1805 |
as Oxford County, Massachusetts from parts of Cumberland County and York County. |
|
019 |
Penobscot County |
Bangor |
1816 |
as Penobscot County, Massachusetts from part of Hancock County . |
|
021 |
Piscataquis County |
Dover-Foxcroft |
1838 |
from parts of Penobscot County, and Somerset County. |
|
023 |
Sagadahoc County |
Bath |
1860 |
from part of Lincoln County. |
|
025 |
Somerset County |
Skowhegan |
1809 |
as Somerset County, Massachusetts from parts of Kennebec County . |
|
027 |
Waldo County |
Belfast |
1827 |
from parts of Hancock County, Kennebec County, and Lincoln County. |
|
029 |
Washington County |
Machias |
1790 |
as Washington County, Massachusetts from part of Lincoln County. |
|
031 |
York County |
Alfred |
1652 |
as Yorkshire County, Massachusetts from the southern part of the District of Maine. Renamed York County by Massachusetts in 1668. |
