List of unorganized territories in Maine

The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands. The UT land area is slightly over one half the area of the entire State of Maine. Year round residents number approximately 9,000, with many more people seasonally residing in the UT.[1][2][3][4]

List of unorganized territories

Name County Population
(2020 census)[5]		 Land area
(sq mil)[3][6]		 Townships within UT[2][3][7]
Bancroft UT Aroostook 57 40.4 Bancroft Township (T1 R2 WELS)
Central Aroostook UT 164 594.4
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  • Cox Patent (TD R2 WELS)
    Dudley Township (T7 R3 WELS)
    E Township (TE R2 WELS)
    Oxbow North Township (T9 R6 WELS)
    Saint Croix Township (T8 R4 WELS)
    Scopan Township (T10 R4 WELS)
    Swett Farm Township (T9 R5 WELS)
    Webbertown Township (T7 R4 WELS)
    T7 R5 WELS
    T8 R3 WELS
    T8 R5 WELS
    T9 R3 WELS
    T9 R4 WELS
    T10 R3 WELS
    T11 R4 WELS
    TC R2 WELS
    TD R2 WELS
Connor UT 418 39.3 Connor Township (TK R2 WELS)
Northwest Aroostook UT 12 2,617.5
List
  • Big Twenty Township (T20 R11 WELS and T20 R12 WELS)
    Clayton Lake Township (T11 R14 WELS)
    T9 R7 WELS
    T9 R8 WELS
    T10 R6 WELS
    T10 R7 WELS
    T10 R8 WELS
    T11 R7 WELS
    T11 R8 WELS
    T11 R9 WELS
    T11 R10 WELS
    T11 R11 WELS
    T11 R12 WELS
    T11 R13 WELS
    T11 R15 WELS
    T11 R16 WELS
    T11 R17 WELS
    T12 R7 WELS
    T12 R8 WELS
    T12 R9 WELS
    T12 R10 WELS
    T12 R11 WELS
    T12 R12 WELS
    T12 R13 WELS
    T12 R14 WELS
    T12 R15 WELS
    T12 R16 WELS
    T12 R17 WELS
    T13 R7 WELS
    T13 R8 WELS
    T13 R9 WELS
    T13 R10 WELS
    T13 R11 WELS
    T13 R12 WELS
    T13 R13 WELS
    T13 R14 WELS
    T13 R15 WELS
    T13 R16 WELS
    T14 R7 WELS
    T14 R8 WELS
    T14 R9 WELS
    T14 R10 WELS
    T14 R11 WELS
    T14 R12 WELS
    T14 R13 WELS
    T14 R14 WELS
    T14 R15 WELS
    T14 R16 WELS
    T15 R8 WELS
    T15 R9 WELS
    T15 R10 WELS
    T15 R11 WELS
    T15 R12 WELS
    T15 R13 WELS
    T15 R14 WELS
    T15 R15 WELS
    T16 R8 WELS
    T16 R9 WELS
    T16 R12 WELS
    T16 R13 WELS
    T16 R14 WELS
    T17 R12 WELS
    T17 R13 WELS
    T17 R14 WELS
    T18 R10 WELS
    T18 R11 WELS
    T18 R12 WELS
    T18 R13 WELS
    T19 R11 WELS
    T19 R12 WELS
South Aroostook UT 579 376.0
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  • Benedicta Township (T2 R5 WELS)
    Cary Township (T11 R1 WELS)
    Forkstown Township (T3 R2 WELS)
    Molunkus Township (TA R5 WELS)
    North Yarmouth Academy Grant Township (T1 R4 WELS)
    Silver Ridge Township (T2 R5 WELS)
    Upper Molunkus Township (T1 R4 WELS)
    T1 R5 WELS
    T2 R4 WELS
    T3 R3 WELS
    T3 R4 WELS
    T4 R3 WELS
    TA R2 WELS
Square Lake UT 706 394.0
List
  • Cross Lake Township (T17 R5 WELS)
    Madawaska Lake Township (T16 R4 WELS)
    Sinclair Township (T17 R4 WELS)
    Square Lake Township (T16 R5 WELS)
    Van Buren Cove Township (T17 R3 WELS)
    T13 R5 WELS
    T14 R5 WELS
    T14 R6 WELS
    T15 R5 WELS
    T15 R6 WELS
    T16 R6 WELS
East Central Franklin UT Franklin 805 171.1
List
  • Freeman Township (T3 R2 NPC WKR)
    Madrid Township (T1 R1 WBKP)
    Mount Abram Township (T4 R1 BKP WKR)
    Redington Township (T1 R2 WBKP)
    Salem Township (T4 R1 BKP WKR)
North Franklin UT 41 498.9
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  • Alder Stream Township (T2 R5 WBKP)
    Beattie Township (T2 R8 WBKP)
    Chain of Ponds Township (T2 R6 WBKP)
    Coburn Gore (T3 R7 WBKP)
    Davis Township (T3 R3 WBKP)
    Gorham Gore (T1 R9 WBKP)
    Jim Pond Township (T1 R5 WBKP)
    Kibby Township (T1 R6 WBKP)
    Lang Township (T2 R3 WBKP)
    Lowelltown Township (T1 R8 WBKP)
    Massachusetts Gore (T3 R6 WBKP)
    Merrill Strip Township (T2 R7 WBKP)
    Seven Ponds Township (T3 R5 WBKP)
    Skinner Township (T1 R7 WBKP)
    Stetsontown Township (T3 R4 WBKP)
    Tim Pond Township (T2 R4 WBKP)
South Franklin UT 60 12.4 Perkins Township
Washington Township
West Central Franklin UT 1 103.9 T6 North of Weld
Township D
Township E
Wyman UT 82 20.3 Wyman Township (T4 R3 BKP WKR)
Central Hancock UT Hancock 132 15.2 Fletchers Landing Township (T8 SD BPP)
East Hancock UT 85 443.1
List
  • Oqiton Township (T4 ND BPP)
    T3 ND BPP
    T7 SD BPP
    T9 SD BPP
    T10 SD BPP
    T16 MD BPP
    T22 MD BPP
    T28 MD BPP
    T34 MD BPP
    T35 MD BPP
    T39 MD BPP
    T40 MD BPP
    T41 MD BPP
Marshall Island UT 0 1.6 Marshall Island
Northwest Hancock UT 2 40.9 T32 MD BPP
Unity UT Kennebec 36 10.4 Unity Township
Criehaven UT Knox 4 0.5 Criehaven Township
Muscle Ridge Islands UT 9 0.9 Muscle Ridge Township
Hibberts Gore Lincoln 1 0.7 Hibberts Gore
Louds Island UT 3 1.6 Louds Island
Milton UT Oxford 150 14.9 Milton Township
North Oxford UT 61 557.2
List
  • Adamstown Township (T4 R2 WBKP)
    Andover North Surplus Township
    Andover West Surplus Township
    Bowmantown Township (T4 R6 WBKP)
    C Surplus Township
    Grafton Township (TA No. 2)
    Lower Cupsuptic Township (T4 R3 WBKP)
    Lynchtown Township (T5 R4 WBKP)
    Magalloway Township (T5 R1 WBKP)
    Oxbow Township (T4 R5 WBKP)
    Parkertown Township (T5 R3 WBKP)
    Parmachenee Township (T5 R5 WBKP)
    Richardsontown Township (T4 R1 WBKP)
    Riley Township (TA No. 1)
    Township C
    Upper Cupsuptic Township (T4 R4 WBKP)
South Oxford UT 591 97.1 Albany Township
Batchelders Grant Township
Mason Township
Argyle UT Penobscot 255 27.3 Argyle Township (T3 OIP WPR)
Drew UT[a] 26 38.0 Drew Township (T7 R4 NBPP)
East Central Penobscot UT 308 114.5 Grand Falls Township (T2 ND BPP)
Greenfield Township (T38 MD BPP)
Summit Township (T1 ND BPP)
Kingman UT[a] 137 25.0 Kingman Township (T6 R4 NBPP)
North Penobscot UT 405 1,051.9
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  • Cedar Lake Township (T3 R9 NWP)
    Grindstone Township (T1 R7 WELS)
    Herseytown Township (T2 R6 WELS)
    Hopkins Academy Grant Township
    Long A Township (TA R8 WELS and TA R9 WELS)
    Mattamiscontis Township (T1 R7 NWP)
    Soldiertown Township (T2 R7 WELS)
    T3 Indian Purchase Township (T3 IP)
    T4 Indian Purchase Township (T4 IP)
    Veazie Gore
    T1 R6 WELS
    T1 R8 WELS
    T2 R8 NWP
    T2 R8 WELS
    T2 R9 NWP
    T3 R7 WELS
    T3 R8 WELS
    T4 R7 WELS
    T4 R8 WELS
    T5 R7 WELS
    T5 R8 WELS
    T6 R6 WELS
    T6 R7 WELS
    T6 R8 WELS
    T7 R6 WELS
    T7 R7 WELS
    T7 R8 WELS
    T8 R6 WELS
    T8 R7 WELS
    T8 R8 WELS
    TA R7 WELS
Prentiss UT[a] 169 38.2 Prentiss Township (T7 R3 NBPP)
Twombly Ridge UT 0 44.0 Twombly Ridge Township (T3 R1 NBPP)
Whitney UT 6 10.9 Pukakon Township (T5 R1 NBPP)
Blanchard UT Piscataquis 91 44.3 Blanchard Township (T3 R3 BKP EKR)
Northeast Piscataquis UT 304 1,708.1
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  • Barnard Township (T6 R8 NWP)
    Bowdoin College Grant East Township (T7 R10 NWP)
    Bowdoin College Grant West Township (T8 R10 NWP)
    Ebeemee Township (T5 R9 NWP)
    Elliottsville Township (T8 R9 NWP)
    Frenchtown Township (TA R13 WELS) [part]
    Katahdin Iron Works Township (T6 R9 NWP)
    Lily Bay Township (TA R14 WELS) [part]
    Mount Katahdin Township (T3 R9 WELS)
    Nesourdnahunk Township (T5 R10 WELS)
    Rainbow Township (T2 R11 WELS)
    Shawtown Township (TA R12 WELS)
    Soper Mountain Township (T8 R12 WELS) [part]
    Trout Brook Township (T6 R9 WELS)
    Williamsburg Township (T6 R8 NWP)
    T1 R9 WELS
    T1 R10 WELS
    T1 R11 WELS
    T1 R12 WELS
    T1 R13 WELS [part]
    T2 R9 WELS
    T2 R10 WELS
    T2 R12 WELS [part]
    T2 R13 WELS [part]
    T3 R10 WELS
    T3 R11 WELS [part]
    T3 R12 WELS [part]
    T4 R9 NWP
    T4 R9 WELS
    T4 R10 WELS
    T4 R11 WELS [part]
    T5 R9 WELS
    T5 R11 WELS [part]
    T6 R10 WELS
    T6 R11 WELS [part]
    T6 R12 WELS [part]
    T7 R9 NWP
    T7 R9 WELS
    T7 R10 WELS
    T7 R11 WELS [part]
    T8 R9 WELS
    T8 R10 WELS
    T8 R11 WELS [part]
    T9 R9 WELS
    T9 R10 WELS
    T9 R11 WELS [part]
    T9 R12 WELS [part]
    T10 R10 WELS
    T10 R11 WELS
    T10 R12 WELS [part]
    T10 R13 WELS [part]
    T10 R9 WELS
    TA R10 WELS
    TA R11 WELS
    TB R10 WELS
    TB R11 WELS
Northwest Piscataquis UT 134 1,370.4
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  • Big Moose Township (T2 R6 BKP EKR)
    Chesuncook Township (T5 R13 WELS)
    Cove Point Township
    Days Academy Grant Township
    Eagle Lake Township (T8 R13 WELS)
    East Middlesex Canal Grant Township
    Frenchtown Township (TA R13 WELS) [part]
    Harfords Point Township
    Kineo Township
    Lily Bay Township (TA R14 WELS) [part]
    Lobster Township (T3 R14 WELS)
    Moosehead Junction Township (T3 R5 BKP EKR)
    Northeast Carry Township (T3 R15 WELS)
    Piscataquis County Islands
    Soper Mountain Township (T8 R12 WELS) [part]
    Spencer Bay Township (T1 R14 WELS)
    T1 R13 WELS [part]
    T2 R12 WELS [part]
    T2 R13 WELS [part]
    T3 R11 WELS [part]
    T3 R12 WELS [part]
    T3 R13 WELS
    T4 R11 WELS [part]
    T4 R12 WELS
    T4 R13 WELS
    T4 R14 WELS
    T4 R15 WELS
    T5 R11 WELS [part]
    T5 R12 WELS
    T5 R14 WELS
    T5 R15 WELS
    T6 R11 WELS [part]
    T6 R12 WELS [part]
    T6 R13 WELS
    T6 R14 WELS
    T6 R15 WELS
    T7 R11 WELS [part]
    T7 R12 WELS
    T7 R13 WELS
    T7 R14 WELS
    T7 R15 WELS
    T8 R11 WELS [part]
    T8 R14 WELS
    T8 R15 WELS
    T9 R11 WELS [part]
    T9 R12 WELS [part]
    T9 R13 WELS
    T9 R14 WELS
    T9 R15 WELS
    T10 R12 WELS [part]
    T10 R13 WELS [part]
    T10 R14 WELS
    T10 R15 WELS
    TX R14 WELS
Southeast Piscataquis UT 487 75.1 Atkinson Township (T2 R6 NWP)
Orneville Township (T1 R6 NWP)
Perkins UT Sagadahoc 0 2.3 Perkins Township Swan Island
Central Somerset UT Somerset 336 76.7 Concord Township (T1 R1 BKP WKR)
Lexington Township (T2 R1 BKP WKR)
Northeast Somerset UT 367 483.9
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  • Bald Mountain Township (T2 R3 BKP EKR)
    Brassua Township (T2 R2 NBKP) [part]
    Chase Stream Township (T1 R6 BKP WKR)
    East Moxie Township (T2 R4 BKP EKR)
    Indian Stream Township (T1 R6 BKP EKR)
    Johnson Mountain Township (T2 R6 BKP WKR) [part]
    Long Pond Township (T3 R1 NBKP)
    Mayfield Township (T2 R2 BKP EKR)
    Misery Gore
    Misery Township (T2 R7 BKP WKR)
    Moxie Gore (T1 R5 BKP EKR)
    Parlin Pond Township (T3 R7 BKP WKR) [part]
    Rockwood Strip (T1 R1 NBKP)
    Rockwood Strip (T2 R1 NBKP)
    Sandbar Tract Township
    Sandwich Academy Grant Township (T2 R1 NBKP)
    Sapling Township (T1 R7 BKP WKR)
    Soldiertown Township (T2 R3 NBKP) [part]
    Squaretown Township (T2 R5 BKP EKR)
    Taunton and Raynham Academy Grant Township (T1 R1 NBKP)
    Thorndike Township (T3 R2 NBKP) [part]
    Tomhegan Township (T1 R2 NBKP) [part]
Northwest Somerset UT 41 656.8
List
  • Appleton Township (T6 R7 BKP WKR)
    Attean Township (T5 R1 NBKP)
    Bigelow Township (T4 R3 BKP WKR)
    Bowtown Township (T1 R4 BKP WKR)
    Bradstreet Township (T4 R7 BKP WKR)
    Carrying Place Township (T1 R3 BKP WKR)
    Carrying Place Town Township (T2 R3 BKP WKR)
    Dead River Township (T3 R3 BKP WKR)
    Flagstaff Township (T4 R4 BKP WKR)
    Forsyth Township (T6 R2 NBKP)
    Haynestown Township (T5 R6 BKP WKR)
    Hobbstown Township (T4 R6 BKP WKR)
    Holeb Township (T6 R1 NBKP)
    Johnson Mountain Township (T2 R6 BKP WKR) [part]
    King and Bartlett Township (T4 R5 BKP WKR)
    Lower Enchanted Township (T2 R5 BKP WKR)
    Parlin Pond Township (T3 R7 BKP WKR) [part]
    Pierce Pond Township (T2 R4 BKP WKR)
    Rayton Township (T5 R7 BKP WKR)
    Spencer Township (T3 R5 BKP WKR)
    Spring Lake Township (T3 R4 BKP WKR)
    Upper Enchanted Township (T3 R6 BKP WKR)
Seboomook Lake UT 23 1,400.9
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  • Alder Brook Township (T3 R3 NBKP)
    Bald Mountain Township (T4 R3 NBKP)
    Big Six Township (T6 R19 WELS)
    Big Ten Township (T10 R17 WELS)
    Big W Township (TW R3 NBKP)
    Blake Gore (T5 R4 NBKP)
    Brassua Township (T2 R2 NBKP) [part]
    Comstock Township (T4 R18 WELS)
    Dole Brook Township (T3 R5 NBKP)
    Elm Stream Township (T4 R16 WELS)
    Hammond Township (T3 R4 NBKP)
    Little W Township (TW R3 NBKP)
    Pittston Academy Grant Township (T2 R4 NBKP)
    Plymouth Township (T1 R4 NBKP)
    Prentiss Township (T4 R4 NBKP)
    Russell Pond Township (T5 R16 WELS)
    Saint John Township (T6 R16 WELS)
    Sandy Bay Township (T5 R3 NBKP)
    Seboomook Township (T4 R4 NBKP)
    Soldiertown Township (T2 R3 NBKP) [part]
    Thorndike Township (T3 R2 NBKP) [part]
    Tomhegan Township (T1 R2 NBKP) [part]
    West Middlesex Canal Grant Township (T1 R3 NBKP)
    T4 R17 WELS
    T4 R5 NBKP
    T5 R17 WELS
    T5 R18 WELS
    T5 R19 WELS
    T5 R20 WELS
    T6 R17 WELS
    T6 R18 WELS
    T7 R16 WELS
    T7 R17 WELS
    T7 R18 WELS
    T7 R19 WELS
    T8 R16 WELS
    T8 R17 WELS
    T8 R18 WELS
    T8 R19 WELS
    T9 R16 WELS
    T9 R17 WELS
    T9 R18 WELS
    T10 R16 WELS
East Central Washington UT Washington 724 207.2
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  • Berry Township (T18 ED BPP)
    Cathance Township (T14 ED BPP)
    Edmunds Township (T10 ED BPP)
    Marion Township (T13 ED BPP)
    Trescott Township (T9 ED BPP)
    T19 ED BPP
North Washington UT 518 975.5
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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Following the de-organization of Drew Plantation in 2023, it formed a newly contiguous UT with Kingman and Prentiss. The three will likely be combined into a single UT prior to the 2030 census.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unorganized Territory". Maine Revenue Services.
  2. ^ a b "Maine Town and Townships Boundary Polygons Dissolved Feature". State of Maine. June 19, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: County Subdivisions". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  4. ^ "Historical deorganizations by year" (PDF). Office of the State Auditor, State of Maine. 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 Census". U.S. Census Bureau.
  6. ^ "TIGER/Line® Shapefiles: Water". U.S. Census Bureau. 2022.
  7. ^ "LUPC Digital Maps and Data". Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry.