winterport history index

Waldo County, Maine Gen Web Site

WINTERPORT, MAINE

Early Settlement*

Winterport lies on the western bank of the Penobscot, constituting the north-eastern portion of Waldo County. Frankfort bounds it on the south, Monroe on the west, and Newburg and Hampden in Penobscot County, on the north. Bucksport lies opposite, on the eastern side of the river. Winterport has a fine harbor, usually open in winter - whence the name of the town.

Winterport was set off from Frankfort and incorporated March 12, 1860.

* From "A Gazetteer of the State Of Maine" by George Varney published in 1886 as excerpted from Ray's Place