Penobscot County, Maine

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Penobscot County is one of sixteen counties in Maine. It was incorporated in 1816. The county seat is Bangor. It is one of Maine’s largest counties, covering over 3,250 square miles. The County borders Piscataquis County on the West and Washington and Hancock Counties on the East.

As of 2000, the population was 144,919.

[edit] Website evaluation

As of January 2009, Penobscot is one of three Maine counties that do not have a website. The other two are Androscoggin County, Maine and Franklin County, Maine. The state government provides a page on its website with some very basic information about each of the counties that do not have their own website, including the names (but no contact information) for ten county officials.

[edit] External links

• Maine.gov website: Penobscot County
• Penobscot Registry of Deeds Records Access Site
• Penobscot County on the National Association of Counties website
• Penobscot County on ePodunk
• Short history from the USGenWeb Project
• City of Bangor at PenobscotCountymaine.com
• Penobscot County on City-Data.com

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