Town Setoffs from Plantations, etc.

The information below delineates the towns and city of Waldo County, their incorporation date, what they were established from and any lands that were setoff or annexed to form them

Year Incorporated	Location	Established From
June 29, 1773 as a town April 3, 1852 as a city	Belfast	Original Settlement. Set off land, Feb. 13, 1845, to form part of Searsport
Jan 28, 1789	Islesborough	Long Island Plantation and Islands Isleboro town was returned as Isleborough town in 1970
June 25, 1789	Frankfort (1) Frankfort (2)	Part of original Frankfort Plantation Set off land to form Prospect February 24, 1794; to form part of Hampden February 24, 1794; to Hampden June 17, 1816;to Swanville Feb. 21, 1832; to form Winterport March 12, 1860; to Monroe Feb. 21, 1863; to Winterport Feb. 18, 1867
Feb. 24, 1794	Prospect (1) Prospect (2)	Part of original Frankfort Plantation Set off land to form part of Searsport Feb. 13, 1845; to form Stockton March 13, 1857
Feb 13, 1796	Northport	Part of Ducktrap Plantation
June 23, 1802	Lincolnville	Ducktrap and Canaan Plantation
June . 22, 1804	Unity	Part of Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation Annexed land from Twenty-five Plantation Feb. 23, 1813
June 23, 1804	Palermo	Great Pond Plantation Set off land to unnamed plantation (possibly Montville) Feb, 26, 1813; boundary between itself and China established March 15, 1839; set off land to Washington April 11, 1854
Feb. 18, 1807	Montville	Davistown Plantation Set off land to Knox Feb. 13, 1833; to Liberty February 23, 1876
Feb 22, 1812	Troy	Bridgton( or Bridge's) Plantation and township 4 Range 1 Northwest of Waldo Patent to Kingville Feb. 22, 1812, name changed to Joy March 1, 1815. Annexed land from Twenty-five Mile Pond Plantation Feb.11, 1819. Name changed to Montgomery January 23, 1826. Name changed to Troy Feb. 10, 1827
June 11, 1813	Freedom	Smithtown Plantation, later Beaver Hill Plantation
Feb. 5, 1814	Searsmont	originally Quantabacook. Searsmont Plantation
Feb. 5, 1814	Belmont	Part of Green Plantation. Set off land to Morrill March 3, 1855
Dec. 10, 1816	Brooks	Washington Plantation Annexed land from Monroe Jan. 23, 1823; set off land to Swanville March 5, 1841; set off land to Monroe Feb. 17, 1883
Feb. 12, 1818	Monroe	Lee Plantation Set off land to Brooks Jan. 23, 1823. Annexed land from Brooks March 15, 1844; from Frankfort Feb. 21, 1863; from Brooks Feb. 17, 1883
Feb. 19, 1818	Swanville	Swan's Tract Plantation Set off land to Waldo Plantation Feb. 10, 1824; Annexed land from Frankfort Feb. 21, 1832; from Brooks March 5, 1841
June 12, 1818	Jackson	Jackson Plantation
Feb 12, 1819	Knox	Knox Plantation Annexed land from Thorndike Feb. 1, 1831; from Montville Feb. 13, 1833
Feb. 15, 1819	Thorndike	Lincoln Plantation Set off land to Knox to Knox Feb, 1, 1831
Feb. 4, 1824	Burnham	Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation Annexed part of Clinton Gore Plantation Feb. 26, 1873
Jan. 31, 1827	Liberty	Montville Plantation Annexed land from Montville Feb. 21, 1876
Feb. 13, 1845	Searsport	From Prospect and Belfast
Mar. 17, 1845	Waldo	Waldo Plantation
Mar. 3, 1855	Morrill	Part of Belmont
Mar. 13, 1857	Stockton Springs	Part of Prospect Incorporated as Stockton March 13, 1857. Name changed to Stockton Springs March 11, 1889
Mar. 12, 1860	Winterport	Part of Frankfort Annexed land from Frankfort Feb. 18, 1867

The above information is public record and can be obtained from the Maine State Government Archives and some can be obtained from the Maine State Government website. A consolidated source for most of this information is the "Counties, Cities, Towns, and Plantations of Maine" available from the Maine State Archives on-line book eStore. Some of the above information came from this source.